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Document C is the document we didn't agree because I don't think that the Devil or witchcraft was involved with the Salem Witch trials. Because there isn't as much evidence to back up that they were really witches.

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In conclusion we believe that the cause of The Salem Witch Trials was the children more specifically their acting and the effects that ergot had on them. Ergot was a drug that caused delusions we made many people believe that they were actually being bewitched. Some of the children were simply acting and accusing people of being witches for fun and excitement. Both of these theories have been supported by multiple sources and are very reasonable. This is why we believe that The Salem Witch Trials were caused by the people's lies(acting) and delusions.

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Rebecca Nurse memorial

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Bridget Bishop was the first "witch" to be hanged in June 10.

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I desire to be humbled before God for that sad and humbling providence that befell my father's family in the year about ninety-two; that I, then being in my childhood, should, by such a providence of God, be made an instrument for the accusing of several people for grievous crimes, whereby their lives was taken away from them, whom, now I have just grounds and good reason to believe they were innocent persons; and that it was a great delusion of Satan that deceived me in that sad time, whereby I justly fear I have been instrumental, with others, though ignorantly and unwittingly, to bring upon myself and this land the guilt of innocent blood; though, what was said or done by me against any person, I can truly and uprightly say, before God and man, I did it not out of any anger, malice, or ill will to any person, for I had no such thing against one of them; but what I did was ignorantly, being deluded by Satan.
And particularly, as I was a chief instrument of accusing Goodwife, Nurse and her two sister, I desire to lie in the dust, and to be humble for it, in that I was a cause, with others, of so sad a calamity to them and their families; for which cause I desire to lie in the dust, and earnestly beg forgiveness of God, and from all those unto whom I have given just cause of sorrow and offense, whose relations were taken away or accused". This quote is in 1706, when Ann Putnam finally admitted to her sins. She admitted about how she lied about people being witches and this supports my claim that states that the children where just faking this all along.

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Giles Corey was pressed to death with stone and one of the accused.

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The accusers were faking it all. There were no actual witches. They just wanted to create excitement and it went a little(a lot) too far. Document G proves my case. The document states, "Once or twice they were caught in their own snare; and nothing but the blindness of the bewildered community saved them from disgraceful exposure and well-deserved punishment. They appeared as prosecutors of every poor creature that was tried…. It is dreadful to reflect upon the enormity of their wickedness… there can be no doubt that they were great actors". This excerpt from the document supports the idea that the children were faking it all just for fun. Ann Putnam Jr. admitted that she lied about all of the people she accused, she proved that she (probably with other children) was faking it all for fun. Document K further provides motivation as to why some of them were making everything up. In Document K it shows that Ann Putnam wasn't the fondest of Rebecca Nurse who she later accused as a witch successfully(Nurse was hung).

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In document N, the Ergot was a parasitic fungus and grows on large varieties of cereal grains. Ergotism was a common condition resulting from rye bread. The symptoms of Ergot are crawling sensations in the skin, tinglings in the fingers, vertigo, hallucinations, mania, melancholia, psychosis, and delirium. Children and pregnant women are most likely to be affected by the fungus. The document states, "Rye…was a well established New England Crop…. Seedtime for the rye was April and the harvesting took place in August...The timing of Salem events fits this cycle". All of the symptoms are similar to the symptoms of the Salem girls.

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The Salem Witch trials took place in colonial Massachusetts from February 1692 to May 1963. This was a period of time where 20 people were killed, 19 hung 1 was pressed. 14 were women and the rest were men. They were all killed because they were accused of witchcraft.

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The caused of the Salem Witch trials was the children or the Ergot. The rye bread was contaminated with Ergot and made people think that people were witches. The children at the time were also very mischievous, and possibly made all the claims about the witches up.

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“Thou shall not suffer a witch to live.”- Exodus 22:18, King James version of the Bible.

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“Thou shall not suffer a witch to live.”- Exodus 22:18, King James version of the Bible.