Mass Hysteri The Salem Witch Trials In 1692

Mass Hysteria: The Salem Witch Trials In 1692 a series of trials took place in Salem, Massachusetts that stripped many innocents of their identity and left many more slaughtered. It all began in January when two young girls began suffering from a series of seizures and other illnesses that seemed to have no cure. Feeling pressured to explain, they named off three innocent women for the use of witchcraft against them. Thus began the Salem Witch Trials. This mass hysteria event was caused by many more factors, though, some including surrounding area threats, an illnesses outbreak, and the fact that the town was overwhelmingly Puritan, but still left many lives destroyed. To truly understand the Salem Witch Trials, you must first understand the events that led up to them. At

The town itself was on edge, and things only got worse when two young girls, Abigail Williams and Elizabeth Parris, began suffering in January from a series of seizures and other illnesses. But no matter what was done, nothing seemed to cure or help the girls, and things only began to get worse in late February when they began to enter trance-like states and shouts followed along with their fits. Feeling pressured and desperate to explain their predicament, the two girls blamed three women for using unforeseen forces and factors against them to cause the illnesses. Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne, and an Indian slave, Tituba, were the first to fall victim to the Salem Witch Trials, and blamed for witchcraft. After these accusations against them, more and more were called to trial, and thus began the infamous Salem Witch Trials. Even though the trials started off with the three innocent women, many more were stripped of everything they owned and were, or even put to death. One of these many victims was Giles Corey, who was pressed to death under large