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PABLO JARAMILLO AND DANIEL GOMEZ
Puritan Life in Salem Village:
Answer the next 8 questions below using this site: Puritan Life in Salem Village
1. Why did the Puritan's leave England and venture to a new land?
They were not religion wise free when Charles the I ascended to the throne, so they left to pursue their religion
2. Explain how the Puritan's felt about freedom of religion.
They were not interested in religiom freedom at all.
3. How important is the church in Puritan society? Explain.
Church was the most important point in a society, societies were built around the churches because they were the most important places of it.
4. What is excommunication?
Excommunication means to get "expelled" out of a church and/or religion
5. Why were church leaders so influential/powerful in Puritan communities?
Church leaders were really influential because they used threatenings such as excommunication because of satan's influence under the human mind.
6. How does religion today compare to the Puritan's idea of religion?
Throughout the years, the church has lost influence because the have deceived their followers and these extreme ideas are not believable anymore.
7. Why was witchcraft often the explanation for illness?
The lack of technology in medicinal sciences made that some sicknesses were hard to diagnose, so doctors just claimed this was witchcraft.
8. What scientific explanation was given by Caporeal as to the cause of the mysterious behavior in Salem?
She suggested that this fits were caused by ergot poisoning
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alem Witch Trials - 1692 Salem:
Puritan Children
1. Describe the life of a Puritan Child.
Kids were expected to carry an adult life style, were no games where allowed and they had to work as adults did. Any show of bad behavior
was severely punished.
Religion and Witchcraft
2. Describe a Puritan church service.
People had to attend church otherwise they were punished, the men had to sit on one end of the church and the women on the other side.
3. What did the Puritan's believe about God and their church?
They believed everything was God's will and their church was the cornerstone for them in the 17th century.
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?
Everyone was afraid of being accused of witchcraft and of being punished by the church
6. How did the Puritans feel about individuality?
They believed it was God's will, so they did not help those who were in need
Economic and Social Divisions
7. Differentiate between Salem Town and Salem Village.
Salem village was apart of Salem town because of its social and economic status.
8. Explain the reason for the friction between Salem Town and Salem Village.
One town thrived more than the other, then envy grew in between.
9. What role did the new minister, Reverend Parris, play in the Salem which trials?
This envious man claimed that the thriving of Salem Village was the devil's influence.
Joseph McCarthy:
Answer the following questions about Joseph McCarthy
1. Who was Joseph McCarthy?
A U.S senator who claimed that more than 200 communists had infiltrated into the U.S
2. What feelings of the American psyche or events of the time allowed for McCarthyism to become such a prominent movement in the 1950s?
World War II had just ended, so this threatened with the U.S
3. What effect did McCarthyism have on artists and entertainers?
He "killed" the artists career. Shameful. It is a shame that Charlie Chaplin, one of the greatest filmmakers of all time was banned in the U.S for SPECULATED communism, which was eventually proven to be false. Ignominious for the U.S to have such a senator.
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Puritan Life in Salem Village:
Answer the next 8 questions below using this site: Puritan Life in Salem Village
1. Why did the Puritan's leave England and venture to a new land?
They were not religion wise free when Charles the I ascended to the throne, so they left to pursue their religion
2. Explain how the Puritan's felt about freedom of religion.
They were not interested in religiom freedom at all.
3. How important is the church in Puritan society? Explain.
Church was the most important point in a society, societies were built around the churches because they were the most important places of it.
4. What is excommunication?
Excommunication means to get "expelled" out of a church and/or religion
5. Why were church leaders so influential/powerful in Puritan communities?
Church leaders were really influential because they used threatenings such as excommunication because of satan's influence under the human mind.
6. How does religion today compare to the Puritan's idea of religion?
Throughout the years, the church has lost influence because the have deceived their followers and these extreme ideas are not believable anymore.
7. Why was witchcraft often the explanation for illness?
The lack of technology in medicinal sciences made that some sicknesses were hard to diagnose, so doctors just claimed this was witchcraft.
8. What scientific explanation was given by Caporeal as to the cause of the mysterious behavior in Salem?
She suggested that this fits were caused by ergot poisoning
S
alem Witch Trials - 1692 Salem:
Puritan Children
1. Describe the life of a Puritan Child.
Kids were expected to carry an adult life style, were no games where allowed and they had to work as adults did. Any show of bad behavior
was severely punished.
Religion and Witchcraft
2. Describe a Puritan church service.
People had to attend church otherwise they were punished, the men had to sit on one end of the church and the women on the other side.
3. What did the Puritan's believe about God and their church?
They believed everything was God's will and their church was the cornerstone for them in the 17th century.
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?
Everyone was afraid of being accused of witchcraft and of being punished by the church
6. How did the Puritans feel about individuality?
They believed it was God's will, so they did not help those who were in need
Economic and Social Divisions
7. Differentiate between Salem Town and Salem Village.
Salem village was apart of Salem town because of its social and economic status.
8. Explain the reason for the friction between Salem Town and Salem Village.
One town thrived more than the other, then envy grew in between.
9. What role did the new minister, Reverend Parris, play in the Salem which trials?
This envious man claimed that the thriving of Salem Village was the devil's influence.
Joseph McCarthy:
Answer the following questions about Joseph McCarthy
1. Who was Joseph McCarthy?
A U.S senator who claimed that more than 200 communists had infiltrated into the U.S
2. What feelings of the American psyche or events of the time allowed for McCarthyism to become such a prominent movement in the 1950s?
World War II had just ended, so this threatened with the U.S
3. What effect did McCarthyism have on artists and entertainers?
He "killed" the artists career. Shameful. It is a shame that Charlie Chaplin, one of the greatest filmmakers of all time was banned in the U.S for SPECULATED communism, which was eventually proven to be false. Ignominious for the U.S to have such a senator.
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