Summary: The Salem Witch Trials

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Hello, I’m agent Jasmin Morales i’m in an investigation that happened in Salem, Massachusetts 1692 to 1693. And I visited Salem, Massachusetts and it was fun. My initial thoughts were scary, spooky, and really weird. I’m writing to the U.S. Department to find out the truth of what really happened to the girls in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692-1693. I’m trying to prove that the girls weren’t witches and they were innocent.

Theory one is about a fungus called ergot and trust me you would not like that at all once it’s inside a human body it takes effect ergot will give horrible symptoms like seizures, convulsions, hallucinations, and pinching, biting, or burning sensations they all relied on the countryside for giving everyone good rye and they
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Puritan children were raised to be adults they had little time or no time for toys, friends, fun, or engage their mind with games or exercise every day those actives were sinful. They had to attend church services toil everyday in the fields they took orders only from their parents and superiors they only learn to read from the bible they were taught about the widespread existence of the devil, evil spirits, and the dangers of witchcraft.

Theory four is about Puritans, church for them is the center of their life they are really committed to their religion they refuse to tolerate anyone of differing their beliefs. Every moment of Puritans life reflected their commitment toward their faith their church people to suppress their emotions and opinions, to ignore individual differences and that anyone who stepped outside these boundaries risked being labeled as possessed by the devil. Even the dark, plain, somber clothing style

In conclusion the three theories i analyzed is what caused the people think the girls were witches specially theory three and four because one wrong thing and they think that the person is possessed becaused the way they were raised and theory one is they ate bad food and all the symptoms for ergot they got possessed by the