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The puritans believed that the devil used witches to harm those who followed or believed in God. During the trials whether you refused to or chose to admit you were a witch, you were tried regardless. Often times the best way to avoid harm was to admit you were a witch, and choose to be shunned from society. Many were falsely accused as farmers would blame their fantasies about other women on witches casting spells. Many times, individuals were falsely accused and killed just for the sake of the witch hunt.

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Witch hunts were common during these times due to the puritans religious beliefs about witchcraft. The puritans believed that the devil was the cause of any problems caused. They thought that he was acting through witches at the time. They would find and imprison any woman that they found to be a witch. it is still possible for modern day witch hunts still occur today.

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this image illustrates what one of the trials would look like in Salem. After a woman was accused of being a witch, she was tried by a jury. The jury however, was unfair as convicted women were stripped of their dignity in search of the mark of the devil, or any clues hinting them to be a witch. The jury would watch the "victims" of the witch shout, throw fits, and say they felt pinched as the woman was interrogated. It was not uncommon for half of the fits thrown to be fake.

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The puritans were a religious group who moved from Europe to America. They moved in order to practice their religion away from persecution in Britain. They believed everybody was born a sinner. The puritans believed that God selected people to go to heaven, and the rest would go to hell. Witchcraft was believed to be the work of the devil

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This image illustrates one of the many trials people used to determine if an accused woman was a witch. During the witch hunts, people would throw the accused people into water. If the convicted could swim/float they were a witch. It was believed that if they sank they were innocent. Usually this trial resulted in death, or false accusations.