I believe it's the legislative branch.
The best and most correct answer among the choices provided by the question is the first choice "A division was being formed between successful and less successful citizens in Salem due to economic prosperity."<span>
The Salem witch trials<span> were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of </span>witchcraft<span> in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693. The </span>trials<span> resulted in the executions of twenty people, fourteen of them women, and all but one by hanging.</span>
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