dec 11, 1692 - the salem witch trials
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led to the acceptence of spectral evidence in court, which was the testimony about invisible spirits. teenage girls were the first ones to be "possesed", and affected by witchcraft. the slave tituba was the first person accused.
created new colonial american emphasis on the idea that a person is "innocent until proven guilty"
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