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Betty Parris and Abigail Williams started showing strange symptoms, like uncontrollable fits.
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The girls accused 3 women of bewitching them, thus marking the start of the trials.
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Governor William Phips established a special court to hear the witchcraft cases.
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Rebecca Nurse, a respected member of the community, was hanged.
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Governor Phips pardoned the remaining accused witches. With this, effectively ending the trials.