Question

Civil magistrates in Massachusetts set up a special court in 1692 to

Answer 1

They did this special court in 1692 to get rid of all witches when they started to see an 11 yr old girl behave diffelenlty.

Answer 2

Civil magistrates in Massachusetts set up a special court in 1692 to try people accused of witchcraft. These were known as the Salem Witch Trials.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Salem witch trials were not the first, but certainly the best-known witch trials in American history. They began in 1692 and resulted in a large number of convictions in both Salem Village, present-day Danvers, and Salem Town in the state of Massachusetts, then an English colony in New England. They led to the execution of at least twenty-four people.