2006-10-10 08:31:40 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Fear, the fear of the unknown, also people that were accused of witchcraft sometime weren't even "witches" some women that had been widowed, men accused them of witchcraft to gain there property after there death from the trail. Also you can blame ignorance because many mid wives were burn because the babies they delivered die, at birth stillborns. they blame the midwives of being witches
2006-10-10 08:38:25 · answer #1 · answered by Chickengoddess 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the real problem here was economic. The older more puritanical colonists were beginning to clash with newer more British colonists. The economy of England is ready to take off in 1691 and the people are very monetarily driven. The whole thing stated over God knows what. It was said to be a feud over who was going to be the new minister in Salem Village. The older Salem village wanted to appoint their own minister but the new more powerful Salem town took it upon themselves to do so. Eventually this conflict spreads as Salem Town blooms and Salem Village falls behind. If you take a close look, almost all the accusers were found in Salem Village and all the accused were in Salem Town. It was ultimately a matter of economics and control. The old was giving way to the new. It is also seen as an economic repercussion of the Navigation Acts.
2006-10-10 09:24:51 · answer #2 · answered by main street guy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its not so much who as what. Fear was to blame the villagers feared these people or just plainly used the label of witch to do away with people whom did not agree with them or stood up for womens rights.
2006-10-10 08:40:20 · answer #3 · answered by sybergoose 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hard to know. Some of them were practicing witchcraft and so they were guilty. However, most were not and so you can chalk that up to ignorance and going on a "witch hunt" in which case the people with the vivid imaginations were wrong. It would depend on the situation in each case.
2006-10-10 08:39:45 · answer #4 · answered by rltouhe 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Idjits like the preaching Mathers and Judge Hathorne. Most of the blame should go to the judges in the cases.
One Hathorne was so ashamed of his family history that he changed his name -- Nathaniel Hawthorne.
2006-10-10 10:33:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the Crucible by Arther Miller..... It was Abagail Williams
2006-10-10 08:39:13 · answer #6 · answered by Jenna J 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that society was to blame.
2006-10-10 08:34:52 · answer #7 · answered by pixi_doll 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
puritans
2006-10-10 08:52:08 · answer #8 · answered by brittany45n32 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
fear and puritanism
2006-10-10 08:34:52 · answer #9 · answered by alanc_59 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
fear and ignorance
2006-10-10 08:38:50 · answer #10 · answered by michael m 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋