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Massachusetts and Salem witch trials

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Difference between Massachusetts and Salem witch trials

Massachusetts vs. Salem witch trials

Massachusetts, officially known as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693.

Similarities between Massachusetts and Salem witch trials

Massachusetts and Salem witch trials have 18 things in common (in Unionpedia): Boston, Church of England, Dominion of New England, Essex County, Massachusetts, Governor of Massachusetts, Greenwood Publishing Group, History of the United States, Maine, Mass hysteria, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Province of Massachusetts Bay, Puritans, Salem witch trials, Salem, Massachusetts, University of Massachusetts Press, Wampanoag, William Phips, Witchcraft.

Boston

Boston is the capital city and most populous municipality of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.

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Church of England

The Church of England (C of E) is the state church of England.

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Dominion of New England

The Dominion of New England in America (1686–89) was an administrative union of English colonies covering New England and the Mid-Atlantic Colonies (except for the Colony of Pennsylvania).

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Essex County, Massachusetts

Essex County is a county in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Massachusetts.

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Governor of Massachusetts

The Governor of Massachusetts is the head of the executive branch of the Government of Massachusetts and serves as commander-in-chief of the Commonwealth's military forces.

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Greenwood Publishing Group

ABC-CLIO/Greenwood is an educational and academic publisher (middle school through university level) which is today part of ABC-CLIO.

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History of the United States

The history of the United States began with the settlement of Indigenous people before 15,000 BC.

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Maine

Maine is a U.S. state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.

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Mass hysteria

In sociology and psychology, mass hysteria (also known as collective hysteria, group hysteria, or collective obsessional behavior) is a phenomenon that transmits collective illusions of threats, whether real or imaginary, through a population in society as a result of rumors and fear (memory acknowledgement).

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Massachusetts Bay Colony

The Massachusetts Bay Colony (1628–1691) was an English settlement on the east coast of North America in the 17th century around the Massachusetts Bay, the northernmost of the several colonies later reorganized as the Province of Massachusetts Bay.

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Province of Massachusetts Bay

The Province of Massachusetts Bay was a crown colony in British North America and one of the thirteen original states of the United States from 1776.

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Puritans

The Puritans were English Reformed Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who sought to "purify" the Church of England from its "Catholic" practices, maintaining that the Church of England was only partially reformed.

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Salem witch trials

The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693.

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Salem, Massachusetts

Salem is a historic, coastal city in Essex County, Massachusetts, in the United States, located on Massachusetts' North Shore.

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University of Massachusetts Press

The University of Massachusetts Press is a university press that is part of the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

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Wampanoag

The Wampanoag, also rendered Wôpanâak, are an American Indian people in North America.

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William Phips

Sir William Phips (or Phipps; February 2, 1651 – February 18, 1695) was a shepherd boy born in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, a shipwright, ship's captain, treasure hunter, a major general, and the first royally appointed governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay.

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Witchcraft

Witchcraft or witchery broadly means the practice of and belief in magical skills and abilities exercised by solitary practitioners and groups.

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Massachusetts and Salem witch trials Comparison

Massachusetts has 796 relations, while Salem witch trials has 187. As they have in common 18, the Jaccard index is 1.83% = 18 / (796 + 187).

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