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- The poor were angry at the rich, so they accused the rich to get rid of them
- Most of the accused people lived on the east side of the Salem Village

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- Charles Upham was a 19th century historian who studied witchcraft and believed the "afflicted children's" acting
- Some "afflicted children" were acting and accusing innocent people just to gain attention
- Upham believed the cause of the Salem Witch Trials were cause by acting

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In Document C it explains the trial between Bridget Bishop and the examiner. This trial was recorded by Samuel Parris. This is important because he was Betty's father who was an accuser. This may have caused a bias in his writing

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- Bridget Bishop was accused of witchcraft and was eventually hung on June 10th
- Samuel Parris recorded this examination testimony and was very biased because his daughters where the accusers

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In the chart in Doc B it shows that most of the accusers were young woman and most of the the accused were married woman. This explains how the women were jealous of each other and the younger woman wanted to get rid of the married woman.

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- Married women were mostly accused and were between 41 - 60 years old
- Single women were mostly the accusers and were between 16 - 20 years old

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- 20 people were hanged (or pressed to death) at Salem in 1692
- The hangings were carried out at monthly intervals
- 4 people were accused of witchcraft and died in jail prior to July 19, 1692

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" They soon...became intoxicated...by the terrible success of their imposture (acting), and were swept along by the frenzy they had occasioned..." ( Doc D). This quote explained why there were so many killings and how they were actually lying.

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There were many reasons that were believed to cause the Salem Witch Trial Hysteria. For example, jealousy, need for power, and young women acting were just the beginning of the accusations of witchcraft. 20 people were sentenced to death in 1692 in the small town of Salem, Massachusetts. At the time, young girls were acting (accusing people of witchcraft) because they were jealous of older women with families and power. With that, they then accused others of witchcraft, and their plan worked. " They soon...became intoxicated...by the terrible success of their imposture (acting), and were swept along by the frenzy they had occasioned..." ( Doc D). This quote shows us that their acting was successful and many people might of been falsely accused due to the jealously of young females. This was the main reason due the cause of the hysteria.