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Puritan Salem Witch Trials Great Awakening

Puritan Salem Witch Trials Great Awakening. Growth in Salem Town. Spreads inland quickly so a new community forms – Salem Village. “Villagers” want own Church, Minister & New Meeting House.

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Puritan Salem Witch Trials Great Awakening

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  1. Puritan Salem Witch TrialsGreat Awakening

  2. Growth in Salem Town • Spreads inland quickly so a new community forms – Salem Village. • “Villagers” want own Church, Minister & New Meeting House. • Early support by “Town” declines over political influence – access to property, family inheritances and wealth.

  3. “Village” Leadership Tough • “Village” Minister Parris challenges “Town” powers - the prominent Putnam family, living along border of “Town” and “Village”. • Battle is over influence in community affairs. • “Village” seeks more independence from “Town” • “Town” officials vote against “Village” on many issues • Becomes rich vs. poor struggle

  4. Salem Accusers & Defenders

  5. Targeted Accusations • Minister Parris and his allies accused vulnerable Putnam family members and friends to intimidate them and force them to back off their political goals in Salem Village. • Under British law and Puritan society those who were accused of consorting with the devil were considered felons, having committed a crime against their government. The punishment was hanging.

  6. The June 10, 1692 hanging of Bridget Bishop

  7. Gory Statistics From June through September of 1692: - 19 men and women, convicted of witchcraft, were carted to Gallows Hill, a barren slope near Salem Village, for hanging. - Another man of over eighty years was pressed to death under heavy stones for refusing to submit to a trial on witchcraft charges. - At least four accused witches had died in prison. - One to two hundred other persons were arrested and imprisoned on witchcraft charges. - Two dogs were executed as suspected accomplices of witches. 

  8. Of the 50 who actually confessed, none were hanged. • Eventually ended by the Governor when his wife was accused

  9. Theories About How • Girls affected by symptoms of “possession” were encouraged to fake them by Parris & his supporters. • Girls from broken families were seeking attention, but went to far… • Victims of “ergot poisoning”. Ergot is a fungus on bread that produces the chemical LSD. From Science Vol. 192 (2 April 1976)

  10. Great Awakening • Awakenings resulted often after times of stress in communities. • Periods of renewed “piety” and devotion. • 1739-1769 – George Whitfield “acted” out sermons – brought back many who had strayed.

  11. Great Awakening • Jonathan Edwards – Church attendance is not enough to gain salvation – must FEEL sin! • “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” a fiery sermon that scared people. • Resulted in interest in higher education – Princeton, Brown, Columbia, Dartmouth

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