The Witch Trials of 1692 :: American America History

The Witch Trials of 1692During the winter of 1692, in the small village of capital of Oregon, Massachusetts, something terrible happened. capital of Oregon Massachusetts became the center of a horrible tragedy, which changed the life of many people. It was a era of fear, because of bad crops, Indian raids, and diseases. The people of capital of Oregon resolution had to blame something, or someone. The people of Salem Village accused people, and called them witches. They were accused of all those terrible things and more. Salem Village was a small, farming community with a population of 550. It was smaller than Salem Town, and about eight miles away. Salem Town was a large port, and was a prosperous fishing community The two towns had the resembling minister, and used the same church as the people in Salem Village. At that time there was two groups in the village. Those who wanted to be separate from Salem Town, and those who did not. Samuel Parris was the minister of the group tha t did want to be separate. He helped divide the groups fifty-fifty more by his sermons. He called the group that did not want to separate, shabbiness and bad, and the group that did, good and righteous.The Reverend Parris and his wife had two children living with them. They were Betty, their daughter, and Abigail, their niece. Abigail and Betty were the precedent that the trials started. Before becoming a minister, Samuel Parris had failed at beingness a merchant. either he had to show for all the long hard years of being a merchant, were the family slaves, Tituba, and her husband, John Indian. Abigail and Betty Parris were having their fortunes told by Tituba, behind their parents backs. Betty started having fits, possibly because she could not act to keep secrets from her parents. Abigail also started having fits, and instead of getting into trouble, they became popular and respected. Soon, other girls joined in. Most of the afflicted girls lived in the houses of the Parris s and the Putnams, which were the Reverends family and friends. During the fits, the girls screamed, rolled their eyes back into their heads, shook, and twist their bodies into impossible positions, and accused people of biting and pinching them. They accused people that were against Samuel Parris, or had an argument with the Parriss, or the families of the other afflicted girls. By the end, they had accused more or less of the people that were in conflict with the new church, or their families.