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People believed in witchcraft in the 17th century because they needed a way to explain the unexplainable, according to the BBC. When situations came up that could not be explained due to the lack of scientific and medical knowledge, people needed a scapegoat to help the masses understand.
People in the 17th Century believed in Witches as magic seemed a lot more possible back then. the townspeople also need someone to blame their misfortune on so they chose an â¦ old woman as the most likely suspect.eople have always been afraid of things they know nothing of, and that's why witches in the 1600s were feared above most else. EDIT: First, in Protestant England and America, witches were hanged. Second, only 14 women died in the Salem Trials. Third, Every victim of the Salem panic was innocent.