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began in Europe between 1300 and 1330

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bridget bishop was executed on June 10, 1692

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bridget bishop was executed on June 10, 1692

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14 women were executed and 2 infant children

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The Salem witch trials occurred in colonial Massachusetts between 1692 and 1693. More than 200 people were accused of practicing witchcraft and 20 were killed
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The trials resulted in the executions of twenty people, fourteen of them women, and all but one by hanging

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hundreds of people accused of witchcraft and dozens died waiting for trials in jail

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began in Europe between 1300 and 1330

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More than 200 people were accused of practicing witchcraft and 20 people were executed.

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puritans hated them

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The earliest recorded witchcraft execution was that of Alse Young in 1647 in Hartford, Connecticut.

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Started between 1692-1693

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bridget bishop was executed on June 10, 16

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bridget bishop was executed on June 10, 16

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The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693.

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The trials resulted with an execution of 20 people

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June 1692 - May 1693. A series of investigation of witches.

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joseph glanvill claimed he could prove witches and ghosts are real

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Started in Salem, Massachusetts after  Samuel Parris' daughter was diagnosed with bewitchment in January 1692.

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between February 1692 and May 1693. The trials resulted in the execution of twenty people, fourteen of them women, and all but one by hanging. Five others (including two infant children) died in prison.

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it happened in February 1692 and May 1693

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people dying

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t occurred in colonial Massachusetts between 1692 and 1693.

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nineteen men and women were hung, one man was crushed to death; seven others died in prison

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There was a small pox epidemic which caused people to be scared and suspicious

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The Salem Witch Trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witch in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693