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What’s one possible theory for what caused the Salem Witch trials?

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Patriarchy! meaning women were accused because men had to show a sense of control and that they were the stronger gender

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1.)Young girls started exhibiting strange behavior.

2.)The girls began to name more and more community members as witches like them.

3.)They may be asked to recite the Lord’s Prayer.

4.)Examiners would look for birthmarks, warts, moles or other blemishes on the body, which they believed could be a sign of Satan.

5.)Witnesses could testify to behavior or if they saw a ghost or spirit in the form of the accused that would be proof the accused was a witch.

6.)Confessors would throw themselves on the mercy of their accusers and repent. They wouldn’t be executed for witchcraft.

7.)20 people and 2 dogs were executed for witchcraft.

8.)They ended when the governor’s wife was accused and he ordered that they stop.

9.)Some believe the girls were acting out for attention.

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