The Salem Witch Trial Report 2022

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The Salem Witch Trials
The Salem Witch Trial, as its name suggests, is a trial that was held in Salem for the
people who had been accused of engaging in witchcrafts. The trials took place in Salem Village
Massachusetts between the year 1692 and 1693. Upon the completion of the court trials, the
convicted witches were executed. Indeed, Salem Witch Trial has become an infamous and
controversial incident in the history of the colonial America.
The main reason why the trials were carried out was to address the problem of witchcraft
that had become an issue of concern in the colonial village of Salem. There were serious
concerns of people engaging in witchcraft-related activities. Witchcraft was a reality that the
people faced and believed in following their religious faiths. However, the government could not
condone this because of the dreaded negative impacts of witchcraft (Mills 126). The immediate
cause of the trials was the infection of a mental illness amongst the Puritan girls who blamed the
village witches for their woes. Following the fears that this caused, the government had to try all
the subjected witches. Of all the 200 suspects, a total of 19 were convicted and finally executed
for their involvement in witchcraft. All these lives were lost because of unproven claims of
witchcraft.