There were three causes Conflict between young girls and older woman,lying teenagers,economic and political power divide between two sides of town.One possiable causecould be the conflict between young girls and older woman,witch involved age, gender, and maritual status.
According to the accusers chart on document B there were twenty-nine out of thirty-four people were females twenty-three of twenty-nine were under twenty-one years old. Another possible cause for the salem witch trials was that the girls were good liars and excellent actors.In documant C the lying acted as if they were afflicted when Bridget Bishop shook her head and rolled her eyes up durring the examination. The girls testimony was