Salem Witch Trials: The Salem Witch Trials

"There's no place like Salem. There's no place like Salem…" (ushistory) Have you ever heard of death from stones pressing down on you? Or have you hard about dogs being accused of witch craft? The Salem Witch Trials was a time of grief, but also a time of new discoveries. It took exploration to encounter these new discoveries, and they exchanged ideas with others to find these discoveries. Many people were accused of being witches, even people in high positions. No one was safe from being accused of witchcraft. Girls danced strangely, screamed, and even barked like a dog. What could be the cause of this? Witchcraft, at least that was what was proposed to be the problem in 1692. The girls were to identify who had cursed them and the accused

This was in 1693, a year after it started. Although the trials were ended, there was already twenty human deaths and two dogs killed, all accused of witchcraft. Among the deceased was Sarah Good, John Proctor, Susannah Martin, and seventeen more people. Even though only twenty people died, many were accused and their lives were filled wit trouble after the accusation. Still to today the reason as to the girls strange behavior is a mystery, even though there is many guesses. Guesses include the girls wanting attention, small pox, harsh weather, or even another

Cursed girls are encountering new people and accusing them of witchcraft. Today we are encountering different ideas of what could have happened then. Historians are still puzzled on an exact solution as to what happened. As time goes on, historians will probably have more and more ideas as to what happened so long ago. In 1692, certain girls are exchanging ideas of who to accuse. They are supposedly accusing random people to an extent.In another way of saying this, they are basically exchanging people’s lives for their own amusement. Twenty people died because of these accusations and many more had their lives ruined. The exchanges made were either completely lies or mental girls accusing of witch craft. In conclusion, The Salem Witch Trials had been a time of depression but also a time of discovery. Discoveries were made through exchanges, encountering, and explorations. Many died because of, supposedly, false accusations. We may never know if these people were falsely accused or if they were really guilty. The Salem Witch Trials were a time of