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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 because of her lies the people of Salem believed that their town was under the control of the devil. When the town began believing the lies of the 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. Eventually it got to the point where people started asking for neighbors to spy on and report each other if they believed someone was a witch. Because of the kids lies some people even decided to take action to become witch hunters to find people they believed to be witches or warlocks. After Abigail lied about being tormented by witches and the governor gave promission for people to rat on their neighbors people who had rivalries with each other used this as an advantage to get revenge on their rivals by accusing them of witchcraft. With the growing chaos that Abigail Williams started neighbors could now accuse someone that they didn't like or people who didn't fit in with the community of being a witch or warlock.

The reason why the town believed Abigail and Betty because Salem was already on edge there was a lot of tension and stress going on in the town. With the town facing a lot of problems the last thing they needed was more trouble and they believed witchcraft would make things worse for the already troubled town. Another reason why the town was uneasy before the witch trials was because of a rivalry with other colonies Salem also had problems with hostile tribes and with the king of England. While the two girls lead to the deaths of innocent people their lies don't get all the accused people killed some of them were only punished or locked up until they were released. The people who were accused of witchcraft were placed in terrible living conditions when they were locked up after being accused.

The reason why the town believed Abigail and Betty because Salem was already on edge there was a lot of tension and stress going on in the town. With the town facing a lot of problems the last thing they needed was more trouble and they believed witchcraft would make things worse for the already troubled town. Another reason why the town was uneasy before the witch trials was because of a rivalry with other colonies Salem also had problems with hostile native tribes and with the king of England. While the two girls lead to the deaths of innocent people their lies don't get all the accused people killed some of them were only punished or locked up until they were released. The people who were accused of witchcraft were placed in terrible living conditions when they were locked up after being accused.

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 were accused and the lives their families. They caused families to break apart after they believed a family member was a witch or warlock.

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== Trivia ==

* In Arhtur Miller's play The Crucible Arhtur portrayed Abigail Williams and John Proctor however in real life ~~Arthur and~~ Arthur and Abigail were never in relationship with each other.

* In Arhtur Miller's play The Crucible Arhtur portrayed Abigail Williams and John Proctor as lovers however in real life Arthur and Abigail were never in relationship with each other.

* Unlike Arhtur Miller's play The Crucible Arhtur Miller was married to Elizabeth Bassett. There was also a huge age difference between Arhtur and Abigail in the real trials during 1692 Arthur was 60 years old and Abigail was 11 turning 12 at the time.

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 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 because of her lies the people of Salem believed that their town was under the control of the devil. When the town began believing the lies of the 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. Eventually it got to the point where people started asking for neighbors to spy on and report each other if they believed someone was a witch. Because of the kids lies some people even decided to take action to become witch hunters to find people they believed to be witches or warlocks. After Abigail lied about being tormented by witches and the governor gave promission for people to rat on their neighbors people who had rivalries with each other used this as an advantage to get revenge on their rivals by accusing them of witchcraft. With the growing chaos that Abigail Williams started neighbors could now accuse someone that they didn't like or people who didn't fit in with the community of being a witch or warlock.
-The reason why the town believed Abigail and Betty because Salem was already on edge there was a lot of tension and stress going on in the town. With the town facing a lot of problems the last thing they needed was more trouble and they believed witchcraft would make things worse for the already troubled town. Another reason why the town was uneasy before the witch trials was because of a rivalry with other colonies Salem also had problems with hostile tribes and with the king of England. While the two girls lead to the deaths of innocent people their lies don't get all the accused people killed some of them were only punished or locked up until they were released. The people who were accused of witchcraft were placed in terrible living conditions when they were locked up after being accused.
+The reason why the town believed Abigail and Betty because Salem was already on edge there was a lot of tension and stress going on in the town. With the town facing a lot of problems the last thing they needed was more trouble and they believed witchcraft would make things worse for the already troubled town. Another reason why the town was uneasy before the witch trials was because of a rivalry with other colonies Salem also had problems with hostile native tribes and with the king of England. While the two girls lead to the deaths of innocent people their lies don't get all the accused people killed some of them were only punished or locked up until they were released. The people who were accused of witchcraft were placed in terrible living conditions when they were locked up after being accused.
 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 were accused and the lives their families. They caused families to break apart after they believed a family member was a witch or warlock.
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 == Trivia ==
-* In Arhtur Miller's play The Crucible Arhtur portrayed Abigail Williams and John Proctor however in real life Arthur and Arthur and Abigail were never in relationship with each other.
+* In Arhtur Miller's play The Crucible Arhtur portrayed Abigail Williams and John Proctor as lovers however in real life Arthur and Abigail were never in relationship with each other.
 * Unlike Arhtur Miller's play The Crucible Arhtur Miller was married to Elizabeth Bassett. There was also a huge age difference between Arhtur and Abigail in the real trials during 1692 Arthur was 60 years old and Abigail was 11 turning 12 at the time.
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