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Bridget Bishop was the first person accused and hung for witchcraft.

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Exodus 22:18

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What social classes were the accusers and the accused witches in?

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What social classes were the accusers and the accused witches in?

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Document E states that most of the accusers included people from the lower class. They mainly accused "witches" from the upper class. This shows that jealously may have been a factor in the Salem Witchcraft hysteria.

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Salem Witch Trials Accused Ages

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Who was killed during the Salem Witchcraft Trials?

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Who was killed during the Salem Witchcraft Trials?

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"Bridget Bishop, Sarah Good, Elizabeth Howe, Susannah Martin, Rebecca Nurse, Sarah Wildes, George Burroughs,

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Accused witches were hung to death.

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How many people were killed during the witchcraft trials in 1692?

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How many people were killed during the witchcraft trials in 1692?

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Document A says that 20 people accused of being witches were hung to death and 4 died in jail.

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The Salem Witch trial hysteria was a crazy time when people believed anything they were told.

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What gender was the majority of the accusers?

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What gender was the majority of the accusers?

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In Document B, it clearly shows that younger women accused people of witchcraft the most.

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"Witch: a person who has been inhabited or taken over by the Devil," (Hook Exercise)

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What was the cause of the Salem Witch Trial hysteria?

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What was the cause of the Salem Witch Trial hysteria?

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Ignorance was one of the main causes of the Salem Witch Trial Hysteria. According to Document D, "They soon...became intoxicated...by the terrible success of their imposture (acting), and were swept along by the frenzy they had occasioned..."  These girls accused many people of witchcraft and, the town was too ignorant to think otherwise. Everyone in Salem were getting so caught up in the idea of witches that they were getting paranoid and they started accusing everyone. Nowadays if someone accused someone else of witchcraft we would research and find out if they were telling the truth. Back then though, they were not educated enough so they believed everything they were told.