The Articles of Confederation created an ineffective government system in the United States.
I think its A.The U.S. economy was stronger than the economies of European countries. 3
Clearly the trials are begun by the wagging of tongues after the girls are found in the woods, but gossip certainly has a more enduring role. Reputations in Salem are made or broken based on slander and rumor, and reputation was a man's only defense against accusation - and even that often failed to correct aspersions. But gossip also proves to be a destructive force even in the hands of the good and unwitting, taking on a life of its own - Giles Corey, for instance, condemns his own wife simply by a slip of the tongue.
They were mostly slaves in the 1800s until after the civil war
