Examples of French Colonial architecture in the United States and Canada. Ursuline Convent in New Orleans, built c. 1752. It is the oldest-surviving building from the French colonial period in New Orleans.
smithsonian.com. The Salem witch trials occurred in colonial Massachusetts between 1692 and 1693. More than 200 people were accused of practicing witchcraftâthe Devil's magicâand 20 were executed. Eventually, the colony admitted the trials were a mistake and compensated the families of those convicted.ore than 200 people were accused of practicing witchcraftâthe Devil's magicâand 20 were executed. Eventually, the colony admitted the trials were a mistake and compensated the families of those convicted.
However there were 2718 hangings between 1900 and 1967. Approximately 9320 people have been executed by judicial hanging from 1622 to the present day, most being hanged in public and usually drawing a large crowd of spectators. Many of these executions are detailed in the Watt Epsy files and the majority were for murder, although 487 men were hanged for rape in 23 states between 1800 and 1961 when John Bennett became the last in Kansas on April 13 of that year.