N Salem Village in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Bridget Bishop, the first colonist to be tried in the Salem witch trials, is hanged after being found guilty of the practice of witchcraft.
Trouble in the small Puritan community began in February 1692, when nine-year-old Elizabeth Parris and 11-year-old Abigail Williams, the daughter and niece, respectively, of the Reverend Samuel Parris, began experiencing fits and other mysterious maladies. A doctor concluded that the children were suffering from the effects of witchcraft, and the young girls corroborated the doctor’s diagnosis. Under compulsion from the doctor and their parents, the girls named those allegedly responsible for their suffering.
On March 1, Sarah Goode, Sarah Osborne, and Tituba, an Indian slave from Barbados, became the first Salem residents to be charged with the capital crime of witchcraft. Later that day, Tituba confessed to the crime and subsequently aided the authorities in identifying more Salem witches. With encouragement from adults in the community, the girls, who were soon joined by other “afflicted” Salem residents, accused a widening circle of local residents of witchcraft, mostly middle-aged women but also several men and even one four-year-old child. During the next few months, the afflicted area residents incriminated more than 150 women and men from Salem Village and the surrounding areas of satanic practices.
In June 1692, the special Court of Oyer and Terminer ["to hear and to decide"] convened in Salem under Chief Justice William Stoughton to judge the accused. The first to be tried was Bridget Bishop of Salem, who was accused of witchcraft by more individuals than any other defendant. Bishop, known around town for her dubious moral character, frequented taverns, dressed flamboyantly (by Puritan standards), and was married three times. She professed her innocence but was found guilty and executed by hanging on June 10. Thirteen more women and five men from all stations of life followed her to the gallows, and one man, Giles Corey, was executed by crushing. Most of those tried were condemned on the basis of the witnesses’ behavior during the actual proceedings, characterized by fits and hallucinations that were argued to have been caused by the defendants on trial.
In October 1692, Governor William Phipps of Massachusetts ordered the Court of Oyer and Terminer dissolved and replaced with the Superior Court of Judicature, which forbade the type of sensational testimony allowed in the earlier trials. Executions ceased, and the Superior Court eventually released all those awaiting trial and pardoned those sentenced to death. The Salem witch trials, which resulted in the executions of 19 innocent women and men, had effectively ended.
The correct answer is letter "E": The government implemented a generous welfare plan 3 years ago to support people who cannot find work.
Explanation:
According to the excerpt, a government implemented fiscal policies to increase employment for the past two years but the rate has not risen since then. One of the reasons for such a situation could be <em>generous welfare support</em> implemented one year before the fiscal policy measures started.
<em>If the benefits for the unemployed increase they will be discouraged to return to the labor force</em>. It implies the government should keep the welfare benefits at a level from where unemployed individuals can cover basic needs only but encourage them to find a job to be productive for the economy.
Two detectives think that a murder suspect has the murder weapon hidden in his apartment. Before they can search the apartment, they have to obtain a search warrant from a judge. Why are police required to get warrants before completing such searches?
They gets such warrant in order not be charged for being trespass which is punishable under the law, it entails when an outsider without invitation intrudes into another person's home, such could lead to being accused of theft, trespass among others.
The two types of financial institutions—depository and non-depository
The main difference:
Depository institutions earn money from what customers put into the institution.
Non-depository institutions earn a profit from the interest paid on loans made to customers.
Explanation:
The best way to differentiate a depository institution from a non-depository institution is to compare the two terms. Whereas a depository institution is a savings bank, legally allowed to accept monetary deposits from consumers (for example, commercial banks, savings and loan associations, or credit unions), non-depository institutions do not accept monetary deposits from customers (for example insurance companies, pension funds, securities firms, government-sponsored enterprises, and finance companies), but they all render financial services.
exacerbating the global glut of steel by investing in additional production.
Explanation:
The United States Government under President Trump accused China of promoting overcapacity in production of steel and aluminium (that is industrial overcapacity).
This over-production of steel has distorted the global market by facilitating excess exports.
However China has been taking steps to reduce excess steel production although such efforts have been inadequate.
Even less has been done about the overproduction in the aluminium industry
