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What caused the events that took place in "The Crucible" to happen? (This is not a summary of the book, this is explaining how mass hysteria or lying or religion or whatever caused these events to happen.)

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The Crucible is a play based on the events of 1692 that led to the 'Salem Witch Trials,' a series of hearings before local judges to charge over 150 individuals with witchcraft. This was because of the uproar created by a group of females charging harmless people of witchcraft.

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