How did the Salem Witch Trials start?

The Salem Witch Trials formally began in February 1692, when the afflicted girls accused the first three victims, Tituba, Sara Good, and Sara Osborne of witchcraft. The trial ended in 1693 when the remaining victims were released from jail. The mass hysteria of the "Witch hunt" was produced by a young child who had taken ill.

It was a string of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in Colonial, Massachusetts in 1692-1693. Soon after, the three girls were sick. Their names were Abigail Williams, Ann Putnam Jr., Abigail Putnam Jr., and Betty Parris. The townsfolk were very strict in their Puritan beliefs.