The Republican National Convention starts today and we have all the details about how you can watch it live on TV. The main events start at primetime, although the Convention will have some events earlier in the day and TV stations will start broadcasting around 1 p.m. Eastern.
People believed in witchcraft in the 17th century because they needed a way to explain the unexplainable, according to the BBC. When situations came up that could not be explained due to the lack of scientific and medical knowledge, people needed a scapegoat to help the masses understand.
-- John Proctor, written on July 23, 1692 while he was imprisoned. He was hanged in Salem Towne on August 19, 1692. Witch hunts occurred across the world, particularly in the 15th 18th centuries. Though it is impossible to know how many people were executed for witchcraft in Europe and the American colonies, it has been estimated to have been from 40,000-50,000. Until about 1420, witchcraft-related prosecutions in Europe centered around the concept of using supernatural powers specifically to harm others.