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These are all the most reasonable answers on what may have started the Salem Witch trials.

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Hysteria could have been the cause of the Salem Witch trials because hysteria was basically when someone was paranoid all the time. This also could have been the cause of strange behavior.

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Parasitic fungi could also be the cause because it was in a lot of the bread and other foods of the time. Also, this fungi could also cause LSD like symptoms which could be the cause of strange behavior.

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Social class could also be the answer to the Salem Witch trials because most of the people were accused of being  witches were lower-class citizens. This could also be the cause because at the time, the poor were treated very poorly.

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The Salem Witch trials began on March 1, 1692. We think that what started the witch trials were the children that were accusing people of being "Witches". Here are our reasons why we believe this to be true. The Salem Witch trials were about killing people who were suspected to be witches. 20 people were killed. 19 of which were hung and 1 was pressed to death. 14 were women and 6 were men.

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We think the children did this because in Document G, it states, "It was perhaps their original design to to gratify a love of notoriety or of mischief by creating...excitement in their neighborhood". This shows that the children might have been trying to get attention while at the same time, accusing people of being witches.

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Other reasons why they might have done this. (3)

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Other reasons why they might have done this. (3)

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Another reason why the children of Salem might have accused people of being witches is that the children might not have understood what was happening in the moment, or that they might have not fully known what a witch was.

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These are valid reasons because they might have not known what they did to people when they were accused of being witches. Some of the children could have also been to young to understand what a witch is.

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Other ways they trials could have started. (5)

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Other ways they trials could have started. (5)

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Some other ways that the Salem Witch trials could have started are because of social class, parasitic fungi, hysteria.