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What belief does Mary Beth Norton offer for the cause of the Salem witch trials?

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Mary Beth Norton proposes an alternate, more logical theory by stating that the Salem Witch accusations were a result of post traumatic stress disorder of wars fought between Puritans and American Indians. She supports her argument by mentioning that Tituba, one of the first women accused of being witches, was an American Indian.

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