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June 10- Bridget Bishop

July 19- Sarah Good

July 19- Elizbeth Howell

July 19- Susannah Martin

July 19- Rebecca Nurse

July 19- Sarah Wildes

August 19- George Burroughs

August 19- Martha Carrier

August 19- George Jacobs

August 19- John Proctor

August 19- John Willard

September 19- Giles Cory (pressed to death)

September 22- Martha Cory

September 22- Mary Easty

September 22- Alice Parker

September 22- Mary Parker

September 22- Ann Pudeater

September 22- Margaret Scott

September 22- Wilmot Redd

September 22- Samuel Wardwell

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Document K, Ann Putnam Jr's statement about how Rebecca Nurse was a witch "But since that, she hath grievously afflicted by

biting, pinching, and pricking me, (and) urging me to write in her

Book." we disagree because there is no way someone could do that from far away

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Document D because they are examining her back and a pimple or birth mark could be used against her just because.

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We also do not agree with Document F because someone shaking their head could not have "tortured" someone "She shook her head and the afflicted were tortured" this sentence just seems very unrealistic.

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The Salem Witch Trials took place from June to September 1692. They took place in the town of Salem, Massachusetts. Many people accused and were accused. Half the town accused some people and the other half defended them. In total 19 people were hung, and one unfortunate man, 81 year old Giles Corey was pressed to death.

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Document C because it was written by people who believed bad spirits were everywhere. "These evil spirits are all around." is what the puritans said was true and that Satan "There is confined unto the atmosphere of our air a vast power or army of evil spirits under the government of a Prince (Satan) who employs them in a continual opposition to the designs of God"

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We believe that these people were not real witches but were unfortunately accused by people who suffered from hysteria

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As you can see most of the evidence points to hysteria. The crop ergot can cause hysteria. Also when Bridget Bishop was being examined she shook her head and the afflicted "were tortured". To be honest, do you hear how unreal that sounds. It doesn't make sense. After the first person(Bridget Bishop) was hung, everyone started throwing accusations and it became the Salem Witch Trials.

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Hysteria causes  "exaggerated or uncontrollable emotion or excitement, especially among a group of people" This may have caused the people to think the accused people were witches and act crazily , or like they were bewitched, during the trial.

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Document H says that the accused witches could have been affected with hysteria. "Adolescents, especially in the presence of Tituba, might very well have succumbed to the suggestion of bewitchment."

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We think the Salem witch trials were caused by hysteria.

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In document N it states that there is a fungus called ergot that grows in grains such as rye. The fungus could have been in their bread. Ergot can cause "crawling sensations in the skin, tingling in the fingers, vertigo, hallucinations,…mania, melancholia, psychosis, and delirium. All of these symptoms are alluded to in the Salem witchcraft records." One of the symptoms of this fungus is hysteria.