The Crucible

what is the situation at the start of the play (the crucible), that has a witchcraft trial as its consequence?

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The play begins in the home of Reverend Samuel Parris, whose daughter, Betty, lays ill. Betty is in some sort of "trance". Paris had witnessed Abigail, his niece, and other girls dancing around in the forrest. He suspects some sort of evil happening.