HSTR 210A Lecture 6: Colonial Wars
4 Oct 2016
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Most sustained witch hunts in north america. King"s williams war: military conflict that was fought against english and native americans had started to have an effect on new england o. Long distance raids began: war of league of augsburg: britain joined 1689, a military confrontation with france that is carrying over into north america. Colonial war is generating fears from native attacks. Local conflict over political influence, who is actually allowed to vote; every man should be allowed to vote-strictly speaking o. Some men are creating more wealth to the communities i. e. natural leaders of the communities o. Issues over new minister that is upsetting the conservative outset in salem. Witch-hunting is persecuted through the church and criminal law: ways to remove people you don"t like for political reasons or other reasons, number of accusations that are unprecedented, mostly women but not exclusively were accused of witchcraft. 27 trials, 20 found guilty; 19 hanged, 1 crushed to death.
