ECN 340 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Salem Witch Trials, Samuel Parris, Tituba

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Economics
• Course: ECN 340
• Professor: Thomas Barbeiro

Document Summary

14 women and 5 men put to death, 18 hung, one crushed to death. Lack of government, making it impossible to resolve conflict through the law courts (third party impartiality) Much belief in magic (diving the future) Church against practice of magic and condemned those that practiced magic (witchcraft). In europe over 100,000 mostly women, had been executed for witchcraft. Samuel parris came to salem and spearheaded a new church. I(cid:374) early (cid:1005)(cid:1010)9(cid:1006) you(cid:374)g girls i(cid:374) parris" household (cid:271)ega(cid:374) to a(cid:272)t strangely. Lo(cid:272)al do(cid:272)tor (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)luded that the affli(cid:272)ted girls (cid:449)ere the (cid:448)i(cid:272)ti(cid:373)s of (cid:862)(cid:449)it(cid:272)h(cid:272)raft(cid:863) All the (cid:862)affli(cid:272)ted(cid:863) girls (cid:449)ere i(cid:374) the side of parris. Soon the afflicted young women began to accuse more women of witchcraft. Affli(cid:272)ted girls a(cid:272)(cid:272)use so(cid:373)e of those apposed to parris" (cid:272)o(cid:374)gregatio(cid:374) Trials were held in which confessions were sought. Since the church was against witchcraft, those that accused innocent people must have felt they (cid:449)ere o(cid:374) god"s side.