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The Salem Witch Trials were trials in 1693 that were used to find witches. They could've happened to anyone, as long as more than one person said they were a witch. Salem is located in Massachusetes.

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Cause 1 is lies. In document F, it is explained that the person being tried in the trails was falsely accused. "I never saw these persons before...I know nothing of it. I am innocent to a witch. I know not what a witch is" (Bridget Bishop, April 19, 1692). We can learn from this quote that Bridget does not know what a witch is, and that she has never seen the accusers in her life.

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Another cause would be superstition. In document C, it says, "These evil spirits are all around. 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". This explains that they are in the air all around us and people are getting accused left and right.

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Accidental trials. In document G, it is said that, "...It was perhaps their original design to gratify a love of notoriety or of mischief by creating…excitement in their neighborhood..." (Charles W. Upham, 1867). This shows that they (the accused) were just trying to goof around, but they were caught in the act and then accused of being a witch.

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Cause 4 is jealous woman. In document E, it is shown that more married woman were accused, and more single woman were the accusers. This shows that the single woman accused the married woman, so when they died, the single woman could get with the dead woman's husband.

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“He have his goodness now. God forbid I take it from him!”
― Arthur Miller

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Document N because it talks about a fungus that grows on bread and we didn't talk about that at all in so it doesn't help our case. All we talked about was lies, superstition, accidental trials,and jealous woman.

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In conclusion, the cause for the Salem Witch Trials were a mix of superstition and people being mischievous. People were already afraid of witches, so when someone acted a bit different, or when a group of people said someone was a witch, then the trails would happen.