Part one of term paper
The place is Salem, Massachusetts. The date is January 1692. While trade is making Salem prosperous, only the merchants are becoming rich. Trade is made easy because Salem is located next to the second largest port in the area. Tension between merchants and the local farmers start to mount as the farmers begin to lose social standing and ...

Part two of term paper
... demonstrate similar behavior. Physicians were not able to determine any physical cause for their symptoms and behavior so they concluded they were being influenced by the devil. In late February prayer services and community fasting were being conducted by Reverend Samuel Parris to get rid of the evil forces that were plaguing them. Pressured to identify the witches, the girls named three women. On Feb 29 warrants were issued for Tibuba, an Indian Slave, Sarah Good and Sarah Osborne. These wo ...