"The Crucible" Group project

By. Kaylan Acosta, Jaime Gutierrez, and #D1 bound Dom Fortuna

AMERICAN COLONIAL PERIOD

• The colonial American Time period is from 1607 to 1776
• This time led to the American Revolutionary War and the establishment of the constitution
• Settlers came to the new land to find religious freedom, land and opportunity for wealth
• The new comers were still governed by the laws of European homelands
• All of these laws led to anger, dissension, and rebellion

SALEM WITCH TRIALS

• The infamous Salem witch trials began during the spring of 1692,
• It all began with a group of young girls in Salem Village, Massachusetts,
• They claimed to be possessed by the devil and accused several local women of witchcraft.
• This led to hysteria within society and was the cause of over hundreds of deaths
• Most trials led to death, there was no way out once you were accused

MCCARTHYISM

• the practice of making accusations of disloyalty, subversion, or treason without proper regard for evidence.
• It also means "the practice of making unfair allegations or using unfair investigative techniques
• It was in the 1950s to 1960s where people thought communism infiltrated the US government
• Mccarthyism ties back to the salem witch trials where people were accused without evidence
• Arthur Miller was called before the House Un-American Activities Committee and subsequently blacklisted

HOW IT ALL TIES TOGETHER

• McCarthyism and the Salem Witch Trials dealt with unfair trials
• It also dealt with a society that was to paranoid to see the cause and effect
• Early colonies had no idea what to do hence the hysteria in Salem