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Sana Malik
Mrs. Zachary
Social Studies
12/7/14
The Salem Witch Trials in 1692, was a series of indescribable events, which was powered by
paranoia and fear.The Salem Witch Trials were the examinations, trials, and executions of alleged “Witches” beginning in late February 1692 and ending in late October 1692. Many guiltless individuals were subject to witchcraft, that resulted in 19 men and women hung to death, 17 that died in contaminated prisons, and one man that pressed with death by stones screaming bloody murder. Why did the Salem Witch Trials occur? Were these Trials relevant?
Or were they really the devil’s work? The Salem Witch Trials occurred for a variety of reasons such as …show more content…
One of the purpose of The Salem Witch Trial Hysteria was the “Afflicted girls”. Tituba the
Parris household worker, was watching the girls, Betty Parris and Abigail Williams and she began telling the girls stories about magic and power. She even demonstrated some of the tricks and as time went the crowd grew. The girls after a while started showing unusual behaviors which brought the attention of Reverend Parris. Doctors inspected the girls and saw no physical symptoms and concluded that they were under the evil hand of Witchcraft. When they were asked the girls blamed Tituba for alluring them, which she declared to and did not get killed, but the girls also accused Sarah Good and Sarah Osborne which they were both killed for after. But there was also one woman who was also blamed for the bewitching, and that was Bridget
What Caused the Salem Witch Trials Hysteria in 1692?
Malik2
Sana Malik
Mrs. Zachary
Social