Theories
1. Strongly believed that Satan is acting in the world.
2. Believing Satan recruits witches and wizards to work for him.
3. Believed that people afflicted by witchcraft exhibits certain symptoms
4. A time of troubles
-Smallpox
-Congregational strife
-Frontier wars with Indians
5. Stimulation of imaginations by Tituba
6. Convulsive ergotism, a disease caused by eating infected rye that produce hallucinations
7. Teenage boredom
(Image:fictional depictions of Tituba)
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9. "Witches" confessing adding credibility
10. Old feuds
2. Believing Satan recruits witches and wizards to work for him.
3. Believed that people afflicted by witchcraft exhibits certain symptoms
4. A time of troubles
-Smallpox
-Congregational strife
-Frontier wars with Indians
5. Stimulation of imaginations by Tituba
6. Convulsive ergotism, a disease caused by eating infected rye that produce hallucinations
7. Teenage boredom
(Image:fictional depictions of Tituba)
8.
9. "Witches" confessing adding credibility
10. Old feuds