Salem Trials The Salem Witch Trials was dark and tragic time in American history. What events and factor could have began this terrible period? This whole thing starts with conflict between the Indians and the Pilgrims, The King Philip’s War. While this was happening England was it’s own war, the Seven year’s war. Fighting with French, make it too hard for England to help the colonist with the indians. This led to the native raiding and destroying pilgrim settlement. These pilgrims were then forced closer and closer to one another. One area that the most disdain for these refugees was Salem. The Salem Witch Trials causes for more nuanced than people simply being witches. The division of the town, the power structure, and possible drugging may have caused these Trials happen. …show more content…
To the west lived the old timey puritans they were most often poor and lower class. To the east lived the more wealthier higher class puritans. These welfare Puritans were more worldly, and because they didn't share the same strict beliefs about Christianity and government. In these parts the Bible was law They weren't well-liked by others in the village. Ann Putnam while giving her deposition she was trying to convict George Burroughs a being a witch she said, “ and also killed Mr. Lawson's child because he went to the eastward with Sir Edmon”. At this time the witch trials were in full effect and this was just another document then went to the courts. Anne while describing how mr. Lawson child was killed mention how he went eastward. She said that as if him and going east was just a bad thing.(Doc.