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Salem Village was divided among two halves, the East and West. The West side was of a lower class, while the East was of a higher class.

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Two ladies going to trail for witchcraft.

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Two ladies going to trail for witchcraft.

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Young girls were acting as witches for attention and were thought by other that they were real.

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A woman who was accused of witchcraft and was found guilty and hung.

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A woman who was accused of witchcraft and was found guilty and hung.

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A map of Salem Town and Village showing the accused "witches" and accusers.

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A map of Salem Town and Village showing the accused "witches" and accusers.

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20 people were put to death, and 13 of them were women.

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A slave women named Tituba confessed to being a witch and was spared.

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During the Salem Witch Trials many people became paranoid. People were paranoid about their family or themselves being accused as a witch, being harmed by a witch, being killed (hanged), etc. The paranoia caused many people to be scared and ignorant

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The first person hung for being a witch was Bridget Bishop.

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Many of the accusers were unmarried girls under the age of 20.

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The Salem Witch Trials began and ended in 1692.

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Many of the "witches" were married/widowed women around the age of 40.

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During the Salem Witch Trials people were jealous of others political power and wealth. This caused lower class persons to often be jealous of higher class persons, this resulted in many people accusing others of practicing witchcraft (Doc E).

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The Salem Witch Trials caused 24 deaths, 19 of which where hung, one of which was crushed to death, and 4 of which died in jail.

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We believe that the Salem Witch Trials were overall a negative event. They were caused by ignorance, jealousy, and paranoia. The Salem witch hysteria started in 1692 and ended in the same year. The first person was hung on June 10th. Witches are believed to be a person who has been taken over or inhabited by the devil. Most of the people in Salem were Puritans, Protestant Christians who were unhappy with the church in England. We believe that they took the Bible a little too seriously. In "What Caused the Salem Witch Trail Hysteria of 1692?", it states, "'Thought shalt not suffer a witch to live!'(Exodus 22:18)"  Other reasons for the Salem witch hysteria  are paranoia, ignorance and jealousy.

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The Salem Witch Trials were a result of ignorant people that didn't realize that people were lying about witches. During this time, many people were uneducated. They were very religious and believed every word the Bible said. So, when people began to claim that they were cursed by witches, they couldn't see that they were lying. As stated by Document D, "...nothing but the blindness of the bewildered community saved them from... well -deserved punishment..." This quote is saying that the community was to ignorant to see the lie and therefore couldn't punish the actors for causing the deaths of many innocent people.