Argument you will be using : Participants in the Salem Witch Crisis responded to collective trauma resulting from the recent string of devastating Indian wars. Survivors grappling with personal loss, in a framework of sin and punishment, lashed out at one another and at the Puritan establishment. The trials became an outlet and rationalization for their trauma.

For this paper, argue which of the following explanations for the Salem Witch Crisis of 1692 you find most convincing and why. Pick only ONE. Your response MUST include a clear, logically constructed thesis statement within the first paragraph, followed by an analysis and explanation of your historical examples through the rest of the paper. Mere description is not sufficient. You must use at least THREE primary sources and TWO secondary sources. In addition to the sources provided below, your textbook and the lectures are acceptable secondary sources.

Argument you will be using : Participants in the Salem Witch Crisis responded to collective trauma resulting from the recent string of devastating Indian wars. Survivors grappling with personal loss, in a framework of sin and punishment, lashed out at one another and at the Puritan establishment. The trials became an outlet and rationalization for their trauma.

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