What’s one possible theory for what caused the salem witch trials?

1.)Young girls started exhibiting strange behavior.

2.)The girls began to name more and more community members as witches like them.

3.)They may be asked to recite the Lord’s Prayer.

4.)Examiners would look for birthmarks, warts, moles or other blemishes on the body, which they believed could be a sign of Satan.

5.)Witnesses could testify to behavior or if they saw a ghost or spirit in the form of the accused that would be proof the accused was a witch.

6.)Confessors would throw themselves on the mercy of their accusers and repent. They wouldn’t be executed for witchcraft.

7.)20 people and 2 dogs were executed for witchcraft.

8.)They ended when the governor’s wife was accused and he ordered that they stop.

9.)Some believe the girls were acting out for attention.

Explanation:

the viking voyages took place during the middle ages, which was about this time. 500 to 1350. the viking voyages took place during the middle ages, which was about this time.

i believe all of them orginate from the house of representatives.