Which of these best describes the salem witch trials of the late 1600s?
a.as a result of the persecution, a greater sense of religious freedom swept in new england.
b.the witchcraft hysteria was short-lived with many people eventually being pardoned.
c.tens of thousands of people left massachusetts for religious reasons.
d.hundreds of people were put to death for admitting to witchcraft?
The witchcraft hysteria was short-lived with many people eventually being pardoned. The trials resulted in the executions of twenty people, fourteen of them women, and all but one by hanging.
