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http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schooladventures/salemwitchtrials/life/divisions.html

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"The Devil was real and the Devil was clever. One of his tricks was to enter a normal person´s body and turn that person into a witch. Once under the Devil´s power, the witch could make all kinds of trouble." (Background Essay)

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"... The people in the eastern half of Salem gained in wealth and political influence. The people in the western half of Salem Village farmed poorer land and lost political power." (Paul Boyer, Doc E)

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"They soon... became intoxicated... by the terrible success of their imposture (acting)..." (Charles Upham, Doc D)

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20 people were hanged on September 19, 1692 as a result of the Salem Witch Trial hysteria. During the year of 1692 in Salem many people were accused of practicing witch craft and/or being witches. The accusers were afraid of the harm these "witches" would bring. Therefore they began accusing anyone and everyone they had even a slight thought that they could possibly be a witch. Many of the accusers were poor and lived on the west side of town. The poor people wanted more power and by accusing people of witchery, they got it. Some of the accused witches were young girls. In a theory that Charles Upham had  he thought that the afflicted girls were acting. He believed the girls were acting to be taken over by the "witches" for the fame. Since they had tremendous success they continued. The people of Salem would have  never suspected children to pretend to be a witch like they did. The witch trials slowly came to a close with the help of the governor's wife was accused. The Salem Witch Trial hysteria was a significant time in history that opened many peoples eyes to fear, fame, and power.

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All of the witches in Salem were hung because they hurt afflicted children. A historian named Charles Upham believed the children might have been acting. The witch trials might have been caused because all of the afflicted people might have enjoyed the fame of acting. All of the adults were blind to this acting, so they were able to continue, without being accused, and still having fame.

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Giles Cory was accused of practicing witchcraft. As a result he was pressed to death September 19th, 1692. 19 other people were hanged

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One huge factor that caused the hysteria was fear. For example, there were many Indian raids in the area at this time. This may have caused fear among the people. In addition, fear was also used as a defense mechanism. This is because once one person was accused of being a witch, everyone started accusing each other in order to save themselves from being accused and hanged. Furthermore, fear was triggered by their beliefs. This was because they believed that the Devil was real and that he controlled witches. Because of this, people became afraid because they believed that the Devil was clever which caused them to become scared of what witches could do. As a result, all of this fear created the Salem Witch Trial hysteria.

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The witch trials started because of Betty Parris, 9, and Abigail Williams, 11. They both asked a slave named Tituba for their fortunes. The months after, they started to act strangely. They hid in holes and under chairs. The girls accused Tituba and 2 other women as witches who were causing their behavior. This started the Salem witch trials.

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This is a map showing where the accused witches and the accusers lived. Most of the accusers lived on the poor side of town.

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There were 2 sides of Salem; the rich east side, and the poor west side. The wealthy side of town had much more power than the poor side. The majority of the accusers lived on the poor side of town. This was because they wanted more power, and accusing people showed power.