The witch trials of Salem occurred in Massachusetts between the years of 1692-1693, this is considered a dark time in American history. It first began because of a group of girls who became very ill after playing some sort of game. During this time period more than two-hundred people were accused of practicing witchcraft. A majority of the accused were women. If and when you were accused everybody would turn against you until you were able to prove them wrong which was hard to do. Women who had a lot of seizures frequently were seen by doctors that couldn’t explain why they had them except that they were practicing witchcraft. There were several ways that they tested the people whom were accused. The “swimming test” was one of the most common,
