The Salem Witch Trials The Salem Witch Trials cost many people their lives, planted a seed of paranoia around the world, and affected many people. The Salem Witch Trials began in Massachusetts between 1692 and 1693. The trials lasted only a little less than a year. Trials started when two young girls claimed to be afflicted by very violent convulsions, or strange fits that unabled them to hear, see, or speak. These witch trials led to twenty executions and nearly two hundred…
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