How is Witchcraft in 1692 similar to terrorism today, according to Baker's argument?​

Answer:

Emerson W. Baker’s book begins on a surprising note, with a discussion of an artifact in the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Mass. It is a small wooden chest, probably made in the 1670s for two Salem Quakers, Joseph and Bathsheba Pope. The Popes would play a role in the “storm of witchcraft” that broke out in Salem and neighboring towns in 1692. But most contemporary Friends probably will find their role surprising—Joseph and Bathsheba were not innocent victims of hysterical accusations of being witches. Instead they were accusers, adding their testimony to that which hanged, among others, the saintly Rebecca Nurse and John Procter, the central character of Arthur Miller’s drama The Crucible.

The events in and around Salem in 1692 are among the most studied in U.S. history. Baker, an historian at Salem State University, is concerned both with explaining what happened and why. At the center were girls and young women who lived not in the town of Salem proper, but the adjacent community of Salem Farms or Salem Village. The village was convulsed by conflicts between families over land, inheritance, and leadership—the village church had gone through four ministers in 20 years. The accusers claimed that witches and wizards not only tormented them, but also had been responsible for murders and other crimes over the decades. Their targets ranged from those who fit the classic stereotypes of witches—unpopular, marginalized women—to ministers, military leaders, and politicians and their wives. By the fall of 1692, 19 women and men had been convicted and hanged, and several others had died in prison or in the throes of the legal process.

Baker’s greatest contribution to the ongoing discussion of the events of 1692 is his analysis of the judges who presided over the trials and who were responsible for the sentences. They represented the colony’s elite. In 1692, Baker argues, they had something to prove. Most were men who had been educated for the Puritan ministry, but had instead taken up secular careers. Most had held office under the unpopular government of King James II that was overthrown in 1688–1689. Several faced suspicions about the depth of their religious experiences. They had also suffered significant losses from Indian raids on lands they held in Maine. Before 1692, witchcraft trials in Massachusetts were as likely to result in acquittals as convictions. But in 1692, Baker concludes, the judges were “looking for someone to blame.” They found targets in the men and women who came before them.

Quakers are not central to Baker’s account, but they do appear from time to time. No Friends were accused of witchcraft, although a number of the accused had ties to Quaker families. One of Baker’s heroes is Thomas Maule, a Salem Friend who in 1695 published a ferocious denunciation of the trials. Maule, fittingly, would be the ancestor of a long line of Friends who would continue to be argumentative until the twentieth century.

Baker concludes with what he sees as a moral. In 1692, Puritans in Massachusetts were convinced that Satan had “visited their colony and struck a severe blow.” But while at the beginning they saw him as acting through witches, by the end of the year “they came to understand that Satan’s great work had been to delude them into thinking that many devout Puritans and good people were witches.” He warns us today: “change the word witch to terrorist and we can perhaps better appreciate the complexity of the problem that the people of Salem . . . faced in 1692.”

Explanation:

Explain the history of the holiday (hanukkah). How did
it get started? (2-3 sentences)

nsnanananaananananannan​

In the island of the blue dolphins book chapter 7 why did Karana believe Ramo was on the ship?

write a short letter to brother asking him not to eat junk food because it is harmful to health​

Read the following passage from "Every Man a King":
"Why, ladies and gentleman, let us say that all of these labor-saving devices reduce hours down to where you do not have to work but four hours a day; that is enough for these people, and then praise be the name of the Lord, if it gets that good. Let it be good and not a curse, and then we will have five hours a day and five days a week, or even less than that, and we might give a man a whole month off during a year, or give him two months; and we might do what other countries have seen fit to do, and what I did in Louisiana, by having schools by which adults could go back and learn the things that have been discovered since they went to school."

Which of these best describes the diction used in this passage?

A. Passionate and dry
B. Unreasonable and frustrated
C. Angry and imprecise
D. Practical and hopeful

Read the following lines from the poem. The poet includes these lines most likely to suggest that the speaker —

A does not wish to be pushed on a swing
B wants to deal with the situation alone
C does not often receive help from others
D is not physically strong

“Life is a good book. The further you get into it, the more it begins to make sense.” Support the given comment with logical arguments.

Select the correct answer.
Which of the following is most likely to be useful during a business presentation?

A. A fully written-out speech

B. Images

C. A PowerPoint presentation

D. A sense of humor

Identify the P.A.G.A. used to start the sentence. "Twenty-one years of it." Group of answer choices
Adjective
Gerund
Prepositional Phrase
Adverb

Instruction: In a group, read the paragraph about birth order. Complete each sentence with who,
whom, that, or whose. The first one is done for you as an example.
Birth order researchers have discovered some interesting information (1. that 1) can help us
understand our colleagues better. Do you have a difficult boss (2.
----) authoritarian
personality makes your life difficult? If so, your boss might be a firstborn child. Children (3. -----
--- ) are born first are often more authoritarian than their younger siblings. Do you have a
coworker (4.
--) is passive, but particularly creative and insightful? This person may be
a middle child. People (5. ----------) have both older and younger siblings are often passive
because their older siblings were responsible for their well-being when they were young. The
creativity (6.---------------) they exhibit might be the effect of their having spent a lot of time on
their own due to having to share parental attention with their older and younger siblings. People
(7.-------- ------) you work with (8. --- ------) are controlling may be youngest children.
These people are also likely to be more social than co-workers (9.
) are middle​

What is the tone of this sentence from “The Oldest and Youngest Places on Earth”?

It is unknown whether the earth's youngest island will last for long, but it has already exceeded expectations.


skeptical

optimistic

puzzled

neutral

Which answer best explains how the participle shrieking is used in this sentence?

Shrieking from the tenth row, the girls were no doubt his biggest fans.


It is used as a noun and serves as the subject of the sentence.


It is used as an adverb to describe the verb were.


It is used as an adjective to describe the noun girls.


It is used as a verb to describe the main action of the sentence.

Onomatopoeia is the repetition of consonant sounds in words.

Question 2 options:
True
False

PART A: Based on the dialogue in paragraphs 4-6, which
inference can the reader make about Fleming's character?

Which detail from the excerpt best characterizes Hussain as a cruel man?

Many students graduate from college with
a mountain of student loan debt that must be
paid back. Student loans can range from small
amounts to thousands upon thousands of
dollars. A large amount of debt can be a huge
burden for a young person especially when she
is early in her career and likely not earning too
much money. Our organization is proposing
that a college education should be free for all
young people so that their lives are not
negatively impacted by student loan debt. A free
education is already provided for so many years
(K-12), and we believe that the last 4 years also
be provided
3. Which detall does not make sense to add to the
possage to support the claim?
a. Students are delaying the purchase of their first
home due to student loan debt.
b. 86% of students report that they have made
career sacrifices due to student loan debt.
c. In a study, 1 in 4 adults say they may wait to get
married because they are not financially ready.
d. There are some loan forgiveness programs that
wil reduce student loan debt amounts.

Summarize The Book Lilly & Dunkin By Donna

1) Which person would MOST likely be able to make a personal connection to the story of John Devine? A) An American who prefers the sound of English accents above any other accent. B) A traveler who, while in Japan, has trouble understanding others' broken English. C) An American who moved to Canada and realized that while the language is the same, people use phrases and words very differently. A bus driver who cannot understand the people D) talking in the back of the bus because they are too quiet to hear from the driver's seat.​

Complete the sentences about American life many years ago. Use the positive or negative form of used to and the words given.

People got their mail at the town store. They _________ (get) their mail at home.

People ________ (have) washing machines.

Women _______ (make) clothes for their children. They _____ (buy) them in the stores.

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Write a thesis statement for your argument for why kids should do vollunteer work

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Harry only has 3 nipples and
Louis is the one scared of spoons

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Which two character types best fit this description of the stepsisters in the fairy tale "Cinderella"? Cinderella’s stepsisters are always mean and cruel toward her. They make her do all of the chores in the house. They also make her help them get ready for the ball, and then they don’t take her along. The stepsisters even try to fool the prince into thinking that the glass slipper, which is Cinderella’s, belongs to them. However, they fail to convince him in the end. protagonist antagonist dynamic static foil

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rules are hidden? Why or why not?

What does the term crowd sourcing mean? 1:canvassing a crowd at an event to find an appropriate source.
2: interviewing several sources simultaneously to discourage a source from trying to lead a reporter astray through a misinformation campaign
analyzing data to come up with the best information in keeping with the "wisdom of crowds" theory of sociology
3:gathering information from many people who have experienced or witnessed something via a social media application or Web site​

. Consumers depend on plants or other organisms for food. When animals eat plants or other animals vee
does the energy from that food go?

Which detail best supports Cameron's opinion that he was hooked on making things out of metal

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Time and Place of Events during the Sinking of the Titanic
4) 12:45 a.m. – The first rocket is fired.
5) 12:55 a.m. – Fifth Officer Lowe bawls out the head of the steamship line.
6) 12:55 a.m. – Major Peuchen proves a yachtsman can be a seaman.
7) 1:10 a.m. – Mrs. Isidor Straus refuses to leave her husband.
8) 1:20 a.m. – Ben Guggenheim appears in evening clothes to go down like a gentleman.
9) 1:25 a.m. – Steward Ray remembers he persuaded a family to sail on the Titanic.

–A Night to Remember,
Walter Lord

What organizational pattern does the passage follow?

description
chronological
cause and effect
comparison and contrast

why do we treat strangers differently than our family or loved ones​

What is the prepositional phrase in the sentence.
Daisy enjoys working in the kitchen.