Did Putnam accuse Rebecca Nurse of being a witch in hopes that he eventually would be able to buy her land?from the crucible play, please.

The Salem Witch Trials, as depicted in Arthur Miller's
play "The Crucible", examined many different aspects of revenge and
hysteria.

Many of the townspeople would accuse others based
upon reasons only understood, then generally assumed by others, by the person making the
accusation.

It was very easy to accuse people in the town
given the mass hysteria which broke out during this period. People would accuse others
based upon fear (that they themselves would be accused--so why not accuse another before
another person could accuse them), revenge, and
jealousy.

In regard to Putnam, he knew that by accusing
Nurse of witchcraft the possibility of her land being claimed by the township would be
greater. It was most likely his hope that when this happened  he would be able to
purchase the land without issue. Therefore, like many others, Putnam used the hysteria
of the accusations in Salem to his benefit.