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The trials started when two young girls asked a slave woman to tell their fortunes. After that they were acting strange, so they accused the slave of witchery.

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1620-The Mayflower arrives in New England with Separatist Puritans
1638-Harvard is founded
1692-Salem witch trials
1706-Ben Franklin is born
1732- George Washington is born
1776- Declaration of independence is created
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-Puritans were Protestant Christians who were unhappy with their church in England.
-The Bible guided puritans through life
-They believed one of the devils tricks was to enter a woman's body and bewitch her.
(Background Essay)

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-The Accused: Mostly Female, Married, and 41-60 years old.
-The Accusers: Mostly Female, Single,  and 16-22 years old.
-Blamed other women for weird things going on- acted like they were witches
(Doc. B)

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"they soon... became intoxicated...by the terrible success of their imposture (acting)" (Doc D) The witchcraft accusers let their power of pleading the "witches" guilty go to their heads and got wrapped up in it.  Also, the poorer community that lived in the west half of Salem accused the rich who lived in the Eastern part in order to gain power over them. As you can see, domination was a common goal during the witch  trials of 1692.

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- The accusers were just acting, and let the power  of proving one guilty go to their heads
-They analyzed the witches' movements and acted like they were being tortured
-The community was ignorant and did not want to be accused of witchcraft themselves so they followed the actors
(Doc. D)

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-June 10, 1692 - September 23, 1692
- Six men and thirteen women were hung because they were accused
-Trials were held monthly to determine the accused witch's fates
(Doc. A)

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   The Story of the Salem                Witch Trials

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   The Story of the Salem                Witch Trials

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The REAL HISTORY Behind the Salem Witch Trials.