Cause and Effect Argument on Salem

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Cause and Effect Argument on Salem Witch Trials In my perspective the article that made the strongest argument was article C. It clearly explained the cause of why the girls had sudden hysterical outburst, the cause stated was ergot poisoning which comes from eating rye bread that contains ergot fungus. The effect of the poisoning gave symptoms of hallucination, choking, biting, tingling sensations, everything the girls seemed to be expressing throughout most of the trials was connecting to ergot poisoning. The relationship was made clear; the time that rye was being harvested connected the time during the trails, and stated that most of the victims seemed to be teenage women. Other possible causes of course were that they were faking it just to seek attention, demonic possessions, and other theories but they were all eliminated after seeing how the weather and the crops being grown at the time all lead to the conclusion that rye bread was behind the hysteria of the Salem Witch trials. The article with the weakest argument is article G. The cause stated in this article is that events in society that occurred before the trials were the reason for the accusation of witches in 1692. This is a weak article because it makes absolutely no connection with the main topic of the article. The author drifts off topic speaking about Bacon’s Rebellion and Leisler’s rebellion, yes the author is trying to explain that those are possible factors that may have contributed to the events of the trials, but why? How? The explanation isn’t clear and understandable. . Unlike article C, this article holds no credibility. Article C states legitimate facts, dates, and statistics to prove the theory. While this article’s explanation is ruled out by other stronger possible theories that many scholars have already agreed on that that was the reason for the witch trails in

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