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There was never concrete evidence to support that any of the accused were witches

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-Torturing withes was acceptable by the law

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There are no official transcripts of the Salem Witch Trials

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A man from boston had about nine girls sign a book

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This was beginning to be used more often as evidence in the trials which wasn't fair to the person being accused

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- Courtrooms began to allow spectral evidence

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They pierced people's body who were suspected as witch and if it would bleed they were considered as witch and killed.

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The family of some of the accused witches were also taken to jail during the hunt

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Witchcraft was an act of treason

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This book, wrote in 1486, was a popular guide on how to find and catch a witch.

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Women were supposed to be submissive and just listen

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People thought your fate was already destined before birth by god

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Also believed that Witches could turn other people in witches

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A man in Boston had 9 signatures in a book that he would ask people to sign

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The reality of satan made people absolutely crazy and vicious towards one another

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If you had the devil's mark then you were killed

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thousands of people were killed because they thought they were practicing witchcraft

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They would look for markings on them and pierce them with a needle
If they felt pain they weren't a witch
If they didn't they were and were persecuted

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accused witches were expelled from the church and their deaths weren't recorded.

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The Salem Witch Trials were fueled mostly by paranoia

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they tied rocks around you, and if you floated you were innocent, and if you sank you were a witch.

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Thousands of Innocent lives were taken from witch hunts

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The very first witch hunt was in Salem in 1692.

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Believed everyone faith was predetermined by God.

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This was a book in 1400s that told how to find witches.

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People thought satan was watching them and walking among them

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salem wanted to separation of church and state.

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Thousands of Innocent people were killed.

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Puritan women were suppose to be silent and docile help mates to their husband

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The bible was being used to create a "Village on the hill," or a modern society

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the community was told to fear one another

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The puritans completely and 100% believed that witches were real.

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Salem was considered a wilderness village even though it was only five miles from shore

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Women were expected to be seen not heard

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The Salem witch trials began in 1692

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More than 200 people were accused in Salem and 24 died

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They tortured people who were suspected as witch.

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There are no transcripts from the Salem witch trials.

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-The pope announced the death penalty for witchcraft

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Witchcraft was considered a crime against church & state. It was an act of treason and a capital offense.

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Authorities did very little to stop the villagers from persecuting witches, however concrete evidence was need before they could even begin the persecution

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fed "creatures" from a teet

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Punishment for heresy was death

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20 people were killed due to the trials

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She openly confessed to witchcraft and to being a witch

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1231 Pope Gregory the 9th declared an Inquisition. Yayyy?!

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Women were said to be more likely to practice devil worship then men.

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They used "Devil Marks" to help find witches

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40-50 thousand people hunted down in Europe during time period