In the 17th century New England the pilgrims who settle in America were very religious. Massachusetts Bay settlers where mostly puritans, who thought their religion was the true religion, so they considered Satan their personal enemy. These people where strong believers of witchcraft. They blamed everything that went wrong in their lives on witchcraft. For example: if their cow could not make milk or the butter churner could not church, or the horse went lame, it was all because of witchcraft. James I, the king of New England wrote a treatise on witchcraft called “demonologies” which made the people fear witchcraft even more.
the strange behavior of John Goodwin’s’ 4 children was the 1st recorded incident of what people behaved like when “possessed by the devil”. The children were sometimes blind, dump and deaf, sometimes they would swallow their tong and other times their tongue would be longer that humanly possible. They would …show more content…
Preacher Samual Parris, who did not graduate from theology school was the minister in Salem during the witch hunt. The entire situation started at his home where he had an older slave women Tituba, from the Caribbean in charge of his daughter and niece. She told them tails magic and showed them fortune telling tricks. Many of the girls from the neighborhood learned of this and came to the Parris house to hear these stories and learn these tricks. Some parents did not know what some going on at the Parris house, but some knew and did nothing to discourage their children from going there. The Parris girls began having hysteria, and exhibiting the same symptoms as the Goodwin children 4 years prior. After checked by the doctor and Sergeant they confirmed the girls were possessed. After word got around the girls friends came down with similar
the strange behavior of John Goodwin’s’ 4 children was the 1st recorded incident of what people behaved like when “possessed by the devil”. The children were sometimes blind, dump and deaf, sometimes they would swallow their tong and other times their tongue would be longer that humanly possible. They would …show more content…
Preacher Samual Parris, who did not graduate from theology school was the minister in Salem during the witch hunt. The entire situation started at his home where he had an older slave women Tituba, from the Caribbean in charge of his daughter and niece. She told them tails magic and showed them fortune telling tricks. Many of the girls from the neighborhood learned of this and came to the Parris house to hear these stories and learn these tricks. Some parents did not know what some going on at the Parris house, but some knew and did nothing to discourage their children from going there. The Parris girls began having hysteria, and exhibiting the same symptoms as the Goodwin children 4 years prior. After checked by the doctor and Sergeant they confirmed the girls were possessed. After word got around the girls friends came down with similar