"The Salem Hysteria" How could a society confide in the testimony of young children with no evidence supporting their accusations, such as that as the case with Sarah Good, one of the first of three to be convicted in the Salem hysteria? For anyone to understand this, we must examine the foundation of where this hysteria started. That starting point being the society in which these witch trials took place. With Salem, Puritanism dominated. In …showed first 75 words of 1376 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1376 total…became the driving factor within the puritan thirst for blood led to one of America's most unforgiving moments in history. With the deterioration of Salem's social structure and the time that this took place, we were able to observe why such horrible events had occurred. Works Cited Linder, Douglas. (2002). An Account of the Events in Salem. http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem.htm Tindall/Shi. (2000). America. New York: Norton & Company, Inc.