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The Sale Witch Trials were caused by two girls looking for some excitement in their boring neighborhood. They did so by pretending that there was a witch. They helped their accusations by faking their performances of being tortured. Once there was no turning back they continued doing what the other people of the community expected them to do. This was then used as an advantage as to take revenge or to damage somebody that they didn't like.

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Document N tries to say that Ergotism a condition that was common in the bread eaten by the people of Salem was the cause of their hallucinations, the feeling of crawling in their skin, psychosis, etc. These were all symptoms that someone was a witch. They suggest that the bread was what caused them to act like that and there weren't actually any witches. A reason I don't believe this was brought up in class. It was very unlikely that only one person in the family was affected by it. They all ate the same bread yet only one got affected. I also think that after they saw that the bread was causing problems that they would've stopped eating it.

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James West Madison said, "and no doubt the girls shaped their performances, at least instinctively, to the expectations of the community" (Document H).

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A woman is brought to "Witch Hill". That's where she will be hung.

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The woman in the center of the illustration is Rebekkah Nurse. It's her pleading innocent to what she was accused of. She was one of the women who got hung for being a witch.

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"Examination of a Witch" By Thompkins H. Matteson

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"Examination of a Witch" By Thompkins H. Matteson

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The girl shown in this painting is Mary Fisher. After accused she was examined to see if she had any marks from the devil on her body.

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I believe it started off as a joke for the two girl's excitement. But of course it went it out of hand. Knowing that there was either confessing and being embarrassed or let it keep going like it was real and no one knowing it was a joke. Document G definitely agrees with me instead of facing their well deserved punishments they kept their act going. They did so by appearing at every witch trial. The girls chose to keep the rumor going. Document H says that the girls performed the acts on their own. This caused it to seem like Bridget was an actual witch and that made many people believe that witches were real seeing how they acted near her. In Document F it says the girls and Bridget were and when Bridget moved the girls had a dramatic reaction to it. It was very easy for the girls to have seen her move and copy her just make it like she was hurting them. This again to keep the witch thing going on so they didn't have to confess. Then why did it keep going after the girls had finished? I think that when people found out about this witch rumor they used it to their advantage to harm their enemies. Document K, L, and M are all connected. The daughter of the Putnam''s and the Husband of Ann Putnam claimed that Rebekkah Nurse was a witch, Who is Rebekkah Nurse? She's a woman from TOPSFIELD. Why is that information important? Well in document M we are told that the Putnam's and Topsfield's authority do not like eachother. Knowing this I can infer that The Putnam's wanted to have revenge on Topsfield and they did so by claiming one of their people as a witch. With the whole witch thing having a big impact they figured that they would believe their story and have Rebekkah killed.

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Background information of the Salem Witch Trials

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Background information of the Salem Witch Trials

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What are the Salem Witch Trails?
-They were tests and hearings that they had on the people that were accused of being witches and wizards.
Where were the Salem Witch Trials?
-They were held in Salem, Massachusetts.
Who were the people associated with the Salem Witch Trials?
-There were over 200 people that were accused of being witches but only 20 were executed. Also the people that accused them for being witches.
When did the Salem Witch Trials take place?
They started in the year 1692 and ended on May 16th, 1693.