Puritan Life in Salem Village:
1. Why did the Puritan's leave England and venture to a new land? Life in Puritan New England was harsh and the church had great power and influence. While Puritans left England in order to practice more freely they were not interested in freedom of all religion.
2. Explain how the Puritan's felt about freedom of religion.
They didn't believe in religious freedom. They believed that they should have the freedom to observe their religion. They persecuted others, just as they had been persecuted in the Old World.
3. How important is the church in Puritan Society? Explain.
They structured the social order around their church, meaning that the church was the most important thing in their society and that the church was the center of everything.
4. What is excommunication?
That they no longer had the right to enter to church, for some fault they committed
5. Why were church leaders so influential/powerful in Puritan communities?
Church leaders were so powerful in Puritan communities because they structured their social order around the church.
6. How does religion today compare to the Puritan's idea of religion?
Today if someone was to be excommunicated from church they would simply laugh and leave without concern, but in those times they would be considered as sinners since church was essential for their lives.
7. Why was witchcraft often the explanation for illness?
Witchcraft was often an explanation for illness because the doctors of the time could not diagnose of what was happening.
8. What scientific explanation was given by Caporeal as to the cause of the mysterious behavior in Salem?
She said in her paper in Science Magazine that this illness was brought by ergot poisoning, which a fungus was found in rye and in wet weather. Ergot contains lysergic acid and it made them had hallucinations, violent fits, itching and pitching sensation on their skin. People with small statue where more susceptible to ergot poisoning
Salem Witch Trials - 1692 Salem:
Puritan Children
1. Describe the life of a Puritan Child.
They were expected to behave as the adults in their chores, and at church. They couldn't express their emotion because it was a offence to their family. They rarely played with toys or games because they were saw as distractions. Boys were expected to fish, hunt work at carpentry and crafts, while girls should cook, wash, clean and sue. They learned to read because they should read the bible.
Religion and Witchcraft
2. Describe a Puritan church service.
Colonists who had left England seeking religious tolerance. But the strict Puritan code was far from tolerant. It was against the law not to attend church, where men and women sat on opposite sides through long services
3. What did the Puritan's believe about God and their church?
They expected to live a rigid moral code, they believed that all sins as sleeping in church, stealing food should be punished. Also that God would punish them if they didn't do what they told them and saw
God as a punisher and not helper
4. What do you think was the main message the Puritan's tried to convey to its parishioners?
I think all of this was a show of faith and extreme orthodoxy.
5. Why was everyone so fearful? What were they afraid of?
Fear of magic and witches was common in New England and it was passed down from Europe over 100
witches were hanged in the 1600s.
6. How did the Puritans feel about individuality?
Individual differences were frowned upon.
Economic and Social Divisions
7. Differentiate between Salem Town and Salem Village.
Salem Village was part of Salem Town, village was mostly of farmers which had their cultivation and
crops, while Salem Town was the center of trade with London, where wealthy merchants lived there.
8. Explain the reason for the friction between Salem Town and Salem Village.
One town succeeded more than the other, then envy grew in between.
9. What role did the new minister, Reverend Parris, play in the Salem witch trials?
This envious man claimed that the thriving of Salem Village was the devil's influence.
Joseph McCarthy:
1. Who was Joseph McCarthy?
He was a young senator that made a very serious accusation and was that more than 200 people had infiltrated the United States government. It was proven that the accusations were untrue so the senate censored him.
2. What feelings of the American psyche or events of the time allowed for McCarthyism to become such a prominent movement in the 1950s?
America was overwhelmed with concerns about the threat of communism growing in Eastern Europe and china
3. What effect did McCarthyism have on artists and entertainers?
Many of them were accused of being communist sympathizers and were unable to continue working. Some had their passports taken away and others even were taken to prison because they refused to say names of other communists. With a simple trial their careers went down the gutter.
1. Why did the Puritan's leave England and venture to a new land? Life in Puritan New England was harsh and the church had great power and influence. While Puritans left England in order to practice more freely they were not interested in freedom of all religion.
2. Explain how the Puritan's felt about freedom of religion.
They didn't believe in religious freedom. They believed that they should have the freedom to observe their religion. They persecuted others, just as they had been persecuted in the Old World.
3. How important is the church in Puritan Society? Explain.
They structured the social order around their church, meaning that the church was the most important thing in their society and that the church was the center of everything.
4. What is excommunication?
That they no longer had the right to enter to church, for some fault they committed
5. Why were church leaders so influential/powerful in Puritan communities?
Church leaders were so powerful in Puritan communities because they structured their social order around the church.
6. How does religion today compare to the Puritan's idea of religion?
Today if someone was to be excommunicated from church they would simply laugh and leave without concern, but in those times they would be considered as sinners since church was essential for their lives.
7. Why was witchcraft often the explanation for illness?
Witchcraft was often an explanation for illness because the doctors of the time could not diagnose of what was happening.
8. What scientific explanation was given by Caporeal as to the cause of the mysterious behavior in Salem?
She said in her paper in Science Magazine that this illness was brought by ergot poisoning, which a fungus was found in rye and in wet weather. Ergot contains lysergic acid and it made them had hallucinations, violent fits, itching and pitching sensation on their skin. People with small statue where more susceptible to ergot poisoning
Salem Witch Trials - 1692 Salem:
Puritan Children
1. Describe the life of a Puritan Child.
They were expected to behave as the adults in their chores, and at church. They couldn't express their emotion because it was a offence to their family. They rarely played with toys or games because they were saw as distractions. Boys were expected to fish, hunt work at carpentry and crafts, while girls should cook, wash, clean and sue. They learned to read because they should read the bible.
Religion and Witchcraft
2. Describe a Puritan church service.
Colonists who had left England seeking religious tolerance. But the strict Puritan code was far from tolerant. It was against the law not to attend church, where men and women sat on opposite sides through long services
3. What did the Puritan's believe about God and their church?
They expected to live a rigid moral code, they believed that all sins as sleeping in church, stealing food should be punished. Also that God would punish them if they didn't do what they told them and saw
God as a punisher and not helper
4. What do you think was the main message the Puritan's tried to convey to its parishioners?
I think all of this was a show of faith and extreme orthodoxy.
5. Why was everyone so fearful? What were they afraid of?
Fear of magic and witches was common in New England and it was passed down from Europe over 100
witches were hanged in the 1600s.
6. How did the Puritans feel about individuality?
Individual differences were frowned upon.
Economic and Social Divisions
7. Differentiate between Salem Town and Salem Village.
Salem Village was part of Salem Town, village was mostly of farmers which had their cultivation and
crops, while Salem Town was the center of trade with London, where wealthy merchants lived there.
8. Explain the reason for the friction between Salem Town and Salem Village.
One town succeeded more than the other, then envy grew in between.
9. What role did the new minister, Reverend Parris, play in the Salem witch trials?
This envious man claimed that the thriving of Salem Village was the devil's influence.
Joseph McCarthy:
1. Who was Joseph McCarthy?
He was a young senator that made a very serious accusation and was that more than 200 people had infiltrated the United States government. It was proven that the accusations were untrue so the senate censored him.
2. What feelings of the American psyche or events of the time allowed for McCarthyism to become such a prominent movement in the 1950s?
America was overwhelmed with concerns about the threat of communism growing in Eastern Europe and china
3. What effect did McCarthyism have on artists and entertainers?
Many of them were accused of being communist sympathizers and were unable to continue working. Some had their passports taken away and others even were taken to prison because they refused to say names of other communists. With a simple trial their careers went down the gutter.