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There are many possible causes of the Salem Witch Trial hysteria. From the desire for power to the love of entertainment, the frenzy turned everyone against each other.
One potential reason was people of the Western half of Salem lost political power and wanted to gain power through acting as though the wealthy could perform witchcraft, to make the other citizens turn against the affluent. (Document E). Another probable reason was that the witches were killed all at one time so it could act as amusement for the other citizens. There are many other conceivable reasons that may have caused the witch trial hysteria in Salem.

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Hysteria- an exaggerated or uncontrollable emotion or excitement, especially among a group of people.

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The Salem Witch Trials began when two girls, Betty Paris, and her cousin Abigail Williams, asked a fortune teller about their fortunes, and over the next few months, began to act strangely.

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Historians have come up with other possibilities, from, "hallucinogens like LSD getting mixed in the grain supply to a general paranoia triggered by Indian raids." (Background Essay). Although these are just suspicions, there are no factual reasons that historians have concluded led to the frenzy in Salem.

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As it says in Document C, Bridget Bishop was accused by the afflicted girls for bewitching her first husband to death. She was put in jail, then hanged about two months later.

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Many of the Salem citizens were Puritans who believed in the word of God, or the Bible,which contained information about the Devil. (Background Essay). This led many to believe the Devil took over peoples' bodies to turn them into witches.

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Power was not the only aspect of jealousy that may have caused the frenzy. Document B shows that most of the accusers were young, single women that may have been jealous of other citizens' husbands, so they acted as if the other women were performing witchcraft, so the men would be available for marriage.

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Witch- a person who has been or taken over or possessed by the devil

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According to Document D, the "afflicted children" were acting like they were tortured by witches.  People became obsessed with accusing other people for doing witchcraft. They were such good actors that everyone believed them.

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The poor accused the wealthy because they were jealous of their what they had. "The people in the western half of Salem Village farmed poorer land and lost political power." (Doc E) The majority of poor people on the Western side are accusers, and the wealthy, on the Eastern side, are mostly the accused.

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There are many possible causes of the Salem Witch Trial hysteria. From the desire for power to the love of entertainment, the frenzy turned everyone against each other.
One potential reason was people of the Western half of Salem lost political power and wanted to gain power through acting as though the wealthy could perform witchcraft, to make the other citizens turn against the affluent. (Document E). Another probable reason was that the witches were killed all at one time so it could act as amusement for the other citizens. There are many other conceivable reasons that may have caused the witch trial hysteria in Salem.

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20 people total were killed; 7 men and 13 women. "The hangings were carried out at monthly intervals." (Document A) The accused were first put in jail, then hanged for entertainment.