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Jaymie Gregory Impara Ap La 1st 31 October, 2015 Rhetoric Pr?cis: Why I Wrote The Crucible: An Artist?s Answer to Politics-Arthur Miller
Salem Witch Trials
Jaymie Gregory Impara Ap La 1st 31 October, 2015 Rhetoric Pr?cis: Why I Wrote The Crucible: An Artist?s Answer to Politics-Arthur Miller
crucible act 1 questions
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1. "So now they and their church found it necessary to deny any other sect its freedom, lest their New Jerusalem be defiled and corrupted by wrong and deceitful ideas." What is the irony in that statement? The Puritans came to this country for religious freedom; however, when they got here they persecuted others as they had been persecuted. They turned their colony into a place almost as bad as the place they had left. 2. Explain how the witch-hunt years were a time of "general revenge." Being under such strict laws and commandments, the Puritans had to repress a lot of their anger and spirit of revenge towards their neighbors. When the witch hunts started, it was an excellent opportunity for them to "let their hair down" and get revenge on their
Chapter 4
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Chesapeake An area home to the first American colonies, profitable to tobacco farmers. headright system Whoever paid the passage of a laborer received 50 acres. indentured servant Whites who sold their labor for 5-7 years for passage to America. Nathaniel Bacon A white planter who led a rebellion, killing natives and burning Jamestown. Governor Berkeley The Virginia governor who punished the rebels of Bacon?s troop. Middle Passage The transatlantic sea voyage bringing slaves to the New World. Royal African Company A company that lost its monopoly in selling slaves to the colonists. ringshout A West African religious dance that contributed to the development of jazz. ?FFVs? First Families of Virginia, which dominated real estate and legislature.
McCarthyism Vs. The Crucible
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Chris Manguno 1st Hour Crucible Vs. McCarthyism September 22, 2013
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The Salem Witch Trials It was a period of unrest in Salem, Massachusetts at the end of the 17th Century. There were struggles between the two distinct parts of Salem -?Salem Village?and?Salem Town. Many of the?farmers?resided in Salem Village and were bent on separating from Salem Town. They soon set up their own church where Reverend Samuel Parris presided. It was because of Reverend Parris' daughter and niece that the Salem Witch Trials began.
salem witch trial
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The Salem Witch Trials It was a period of unrest in Salem, Massachusetts at the end of the 17th Century. There were struggles between the two distinct parts of Salem -?Salem Village?and?Salem Town. Many of the?farmers?resided in Salem Village and were bent on separating from Salem Town. They soon set up their own church where Reverend Samuel Parris presided. It was because of Reverend Parris' daughter and niece that the Salem Witch Trials began.
APUSH Vocab Unit I
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Unit I Vocab Indentured servants Identifying information? occurred in the 17th century. About 75% of the English migrants who went to the New World came as servants who were signed to indentus. Analysis ? indentured servants were a big part of the population of the colonist. They worked the lands until they were freed and then went to live on the outsides of the colonies. They soon started getting mad because their former servants were no help for when they moved out. Trade & Navigation Acts Identifying information? Analysis ? Mayflower Compact Identifying information? (1620s) the pilgrims created this document while they were still on route to the new world on the Mayflower. Not a constitution, but an early example. Signed by many about 40 adult males.
Salem Witch Trials Essay
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??? The mass-hysteria and belief of witchcraft and black magic had been around before the outbreak in Salem. European countries had outbreaks of this mass hysteria during the black plague. These accusations were a way for society to put the blame on something that they did not have any logical explanation for. Witchcraft was the answer to everything unknown. Various theories have been made about exactly what caused the Salem witch trials. Religious influence, politics, gender, social standards, geography, and limited medical knowledge were many of the factors in the theories developed on the Salem witch trials. ?
Significance of Salem Witch Trials
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The Salem witch trials of 1692 constitute a formative event in the evolution of American civil society. They expressed a theocratic mind-set supported by civil power over life and death. The significance of the Salem witch trials can be seen chiefly in the fact that they serve as an object lesson in governance. History has thoroughly discredited them as state murder. The key issue of importance in the Salem witch trials has to do with the proper role of government and religion in civil society and the power ratios between and among individuals and between individuals and the social structure they inhabit. To see how these elements come together, a recital of the facts is in order. Between May and October of 1692, 20 women and men in Salem, Massachusetts, were executed for witchcraft.
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