Salem Witch Trials of 1692

Have you ever heard of the Salem Witch Trials? I embarked on a journey through the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. In this wild journey I got to answer only one question, and that question was my plea: guilty or not guilty.
There really was no one cause for the Salem witch trials. A combination of events and factors helped in the creation of a climate for the birth and growth of the trials. A recent small pox outbreak, the revocation of the Massachusetts Bay Colony charter by Charles II and the constant fear of Indian attacks helped in creating anxiety among the early Puritans that God was punishing them. This fear of punishment established a fertile atmosphere in which a case of possible witchcraft could easily be interpreted by the Puritans as the cause of God's wrath. Add to these events the economic, political, imaginations and fears of the people, family feuds and religious factors of the time, it is easier to understand how the Salem witch trials grew and prospered for almost a whole year. The first examinations took place March 1, 1692. The first trial for witchcraft under the Court of Oyer and Terminer was May 27, 1692
I took this journey twice to see what the difference in the conclusion is with each answer. The first time through, I pleaded not guilty, and then got hung. The second time through, I did the opposite, and pleaded guilty, but then got hung again.
While I was taking this journey, so were many of my classmates whose pleads varied between guilty and not guilty, and some survived. This confirmed my suspicion that this web site was completely random. Whether you pleaded guilty or not guilty, did not determine the end of your journey.
This was symbolic to the actual Salem Which Trials, which were also pretty much at random. As many as one hundred and forty people were accused of witch craft and only nineteen were actually executed.
Even if the accused were found not guilty, they were put in jail. When being put in jail, you must pay jail fees, and if you can’t you must stay in jail, so even those who were found innocent would often still die in jail. The Salem Witch Trials of 1692 were pretty much a lose-lose situation.