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The puritans believed a witch is a person who has been controlled by the Devil. A witch could create all kind of trouble for others. (Background Essay)

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What Finally Ended the Salem Witch Trial Hysteria

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What Finally Ended the Salem Witch Trial Hysteria

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There were multiple reasons that ended the hysteria. One of these reasons was that the governors wife was accused. (Background Essay)

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One reason there were so many females accused was the fact that it was so much easier to accuse a woman of something than a man at the time. Men held more power than women. People did not take women as seriously as they did men. It would be more likely that people would believe a man if he accused a women than if a women accused a man.
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What made the Salem Witch trials a Hysteria?

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What made the Salem Witch trials a Hysteria?

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The "afflicted girls" were so caught up with their new success, attention, and power that they kept of accusing people. (Document D)

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In a male dominant society, many young girls had no say in any government decisions. They wanted a way to get power and accusing people of witchery was an easy way to gain power. During 1692 the accusers had the most power in Salem.

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The people of Salem didn't realize they were being tricked because they were ignorant and wanted an answer to what was going on. (Document D)

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Map of the Accused and Accusers in Salem, 1692

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Map of the Accused and Accusers in Salem, 1692

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There were a lot a married women accused of witchcraft. One reason they could have been accused could have been because they were married. So many of the accusers were single, so they could have been jealous of the married couples. (Document B)

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During the summer and early fall of 1692, in the Town of Salem, 20 people were accused of being witches. After denying that they were witches, they were put in jail. Every month all the witches in jail would be executed. (Background Essay)

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The afflicted girls were very good actresses. They got a lot of people hung or pressed to death. The girls would act like they were being controlled by the "witch" and the woman or man would be hung or pressed to death. (Document C).

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During the Salem Witch Trials, most accusers were under the age of 20 and were single. Whereas the accused were the exact opposite of that, with most of them being  married and 40 years or older (Document B). Second, the map on Document E shows that most of the accusers we on the west side of Salem, which was the poor farmer side of town. Most of the accused lived on the East side of Salem, where wealthy and politically powerful families lived. This shows that poor were targeting the rich to try and gain power.