The Cause Of The Salem Witch Trials In 1692

During 1692, in Salem Massachusetts, many girls were accusing older women of witchcraft. Many of the people were puritans and townspeople. Puritans were religious people and thought the witches were from the devil. They would think that the devil took over a regular person’s body and make them do things they didn’t mean to do. The reason why everyone started to panic was because many young girls were telling the jury that these people were doing bad things to them. The cause of the Salem Witch Trials were demographics, divided towns and lying girls. First of all, demographics played a very important role in the Salem Witch Trials. Many of the girls were between the ages 21-40 and were not married.On the other hand, many of the accused witches were from the ages 41-60, they were not married and were mainly widows. (Demos). Many of the young girls were mainly still innocent and young. They accused witches weren’t innocent and since they were widows they probably thought the women were up to something. People would have probably believed that the older woman were witches because in the sixteen hundreds women were not appreciated and the women weren’t trusted. The younger girls probably wanted to get rid of the older women. Also since the girls weren’t married and people

There were so many that the jury had to believe them.The accused witches had no power at all because there was suck a big group of accusers (Demos). Also they were very good actors which helped them lie (Upham). According to Upham the girls “soon…. Became intoxicated…. By the terrible success of their imposture”(Upham). This states that the girls got to carried away and they kept accusing people so they can get all the attention and more and more fame. They would also take place of the women they accused. Since these girls were from the west which was the poor part. They would want power and money they probably thought that was the