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Accusations of people being witches started with a few but grew quick. People began by accusing people who did not go to church or homeless people. Soon neighbors began to turn on each other. A minor inconvenience like a stomach ache after an argument would have someone blame whoever they fought with for being a witch. Nobody knew who to trust at this time.

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When the witch trials concluded many people had stayed in jail without trials. By the end of 1692, over 200 people were accused and put in jail for being a witch. Nineteen people were hung and one man was crushed to death. Those who denied being a witch would die while those who confessed would live. People confessed in order to keep their life.

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Anyone who was accused of being a witch was immediately arrested and tried in court. In the court some of the girls who had accused someone of being a witch were sad to have been acting weird like the accused person was doing something to them with magic. Some say that the girls were faking it but there are still strange things that happened that could not be explained. They thought that women who were "witches" had a third nipple so women would have to strip in the court. People who denied being a witch would be killed, so many began to confess.

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The Puritans were a religious group who's goal was to have a "Utopian society" and a "pure religion". They were a movement of church reform and wanted to get rid of all Catholic influence in England. The Puritans believed that everyone was born a sinner and would be either elected or rejected from heaven. They believed that the church should be in charge of the government and that Gods grace was a free gift that only few people would receive. The Puritans played a big role in shaping our culture and government today.

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The Puritans believed that Satan was present and living in their society. Those who were accused of being witches were thought to have been recruited by Satan. Some causes of witch hysteria were foreign influence and simply teenage boredom. Witch hysteria began when Betty Parris and a few other girls became ill and doctors believed it was related to witchcraft. The Puritans were always living in fear.