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Along with Abigail and Betty other accusers who influenced the trials included: Ann Putnam, Mercy Lewis and Mary Walcott. Most of these girls were teenagers when they accused innocent people of witchcraft with Abigail and Betty being the youngest accusers. During the trials several of the girls claimed to have been witnessed seeing the people they accused practicing and preforming witchcraft. These children were very convincing and managed to get the towns people to to believe their lies some of the people they accused didn't even know the girls and have never met them before. The town believed the children's claims more then the adults who were accused. The town of Salem believed these kids so much that they used them as ways to find witches in their town. However do to Betty Parris poor health getting worse her parents kept their daughter from being used to find witches and speaking in court during the trials. As the trials went on Betty's health got worse so she was moved to live with a distant cousin when her health got worse Betty so did her behavior she claimed to have to have even seen the devil. All of this worried Betty's parents so they moved her away to keep her out of the growing chaos in Salem. After moving in with her cousin Stephen Sewall Betty said that she still had a few visions but all of her fits soon stopped when she was moved out of Salem and her health started to improve. However as things started getting better for Betty the town of Salem was getting worse as Abigail and the other young girls still lead the trials by accusing more people.

While several women were accused of being witches Abigail and the other girls even accused several men of being warlocks. Abigail started the whole thing while Betty and the other accusers followed her along because of her lies the people of Salem believed that their town under the control of the devil.

While several women were accused of being witches Abigail and the other girls even accused several men of being warlocks. Abigail started the whole thing while Betty and the other accusers followed her along because of her lies the people of Salem believed that their town under the control of the devil. When the town began believing the lies kids who accused people they decided to conduct some tests to find out who was a witch. Many of the tests involved the accused people touching the girls who accused them or a test that involved them staring at the girls if child's fits stop when the accused touched them that meant the person was a witch. If the girls fainted when the accused looked at them during the staring test the person was seen a witch.

Because of their claims, mass hysteria reigned. Approximately twenty people were put to death due to false accusations of them being witches. On February 29, 1692, three more women were found guilty of the crime of witchcraft. Of those three women included: Sarah Good, Sarah Osbourne, and Tituba, one of Parris' servants. Only Tituba confessed to the charges. Good was hanged, and Osbourne died in captivity. Tituba herself was sentenced to do hard time, but she was released a year later by being bailed out by an unknown person. However, the hunt for witches didn't cease and soon spread leading to the deaths of nineteen more people.

Because of their claims, mass hysteria reigned. Approximately twenty people were put to death due to false accusations of them being witches. On February 29, 1692, three more women were found guilty of the crime of witchcraft. Of those three women included: Sarah Good, Sarah Osbourne, and Tituba, one of Parris' servants. Only Tituba confessed to the charges. Good was hanged, and Osbourne died in captivity. Tituba herself was sentenced to do hard time, but she was released a year later by being bailed out by an unknown person. However, the hunt for witches didn't cease and soon spread leading to the deaths of nineteen more people. Not only did the girls get people killed they destroyed the lives of the people who accused and the lives their families. They caused families to break apart after they believed a family member was a witch.

It's unknown what became of Abigail Williams after everything was said and done, and it's unknown if she was ever held accountable for these tragedies.

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 Along with Abigail and Betty other accusers who influenced the trials included: Ann Putnam, Mercy Lewis and Mary Walcott. Most of these girls were teenagers when they accused innocent people of witchcraft with Abigail and Betty being the youngest accusers. During the trials several of the girls claimed to have been witnessed seeing the people they accused practicing and preforming witchcraft. These children were very convincing and managed to get the towns people to to believe their lies some of the people they accused didn't even know the girls and have never met them before. The town believed the children's claims more then the adults who were accused. The town of Salem believed these kids so much that they used them as ways to find witches in their town. However do to Betty Parris poor health getting worse her parents kept their daughter from being used to find witches and speaking in court during the trials. As the trials went on Betty's health got worse so she was moved to live with a distant cousin when her health got worse Betty so did her behavior she claimed to have to have even seen the devil. All of this worried Betty's parents so they moved her away to keep her out of the growing chaos in Salem. After moving in with her cousin Stephen Sewall Betty said that she still had a few visions but all of her fits soon stopped when she was moved out of Salem and her health started to improve. However as things started getting better for Betty the town of Salem was getting worse as Abigail and the other young girls still lead the trials by accusing more people.
-While several women were accused of being witches Abigail and the other girls even accused several men of being warlocks. Abigail started the whole thing while Betty and the other accusers followed her along because of her lies the people of Salem believed that their town under the control of the devil.
+While several women were accused of being witches Abigail and the other girls even accused several men of being warlocks. Abigail started the whole thing while Betty and the other accusers followed her along because of her lies the people of Salem believed that their town under the control of the devil. When the town began believing the lies kids who accused people they decided to conduct some tests to find out who was a witch. Many of the tests involved the accused people touching the girls who accused them or a test that involved them staring at the girls if child's fits stop when the accused touched them that meant the person was a witch. If the girls fainted when the accused looked at them during the staring test the person was seen a witch.
-Because of their claims, mass hysteria reigned. Approximately twenty people were put to death due to false accusations of them being witches. On February 29, 1692, three more women were found guilty of the crime of witchcraft. Of those three women included: Sarah Good, Sarah Osbourne, and Tituba, one of Parris' servants. Only Tituba confessed to the charges. Good was hanged, and Osbourne died in captivity. Tituba herself was sentenced to do hard time, but she was released a year later by being bailed out by an unknown person. However, the hunt for witches didn't cease and soon spread leading to the deaths of nineteen more people.
+Because of their claims, mass hysteria reigned. Approximately twenty people were put to death due to false accusations of them being witches. On February 29, 1692, three more women were found guilty of the crime of witchcraft. Of those three women included: Sarah Good, Sarah Osbourne, and Tituba, one of Parris' servants. Only Tituba confessed to the charges. Good was hanged, and Osbourne died in captivity. Tituba herself was sentenced to do hard time, but she was released a year later by being bailed out by an unknown person. However, the hunt for witches didn't cease and soon spread leading to the deaths of nineteen more people. Not only did the girls get people killed they destroyed the lives of the people who accused and the lives their families. They caused families to break apart after they believed a family member was a witch.
 It's unknown what became of Abigail Williams after everything was said and done, and it's unknown if she was ever held accountable for these tragedies.