People
The first victim to be hung during the Salem Witch Trials
Bridget Bishop
Who was mostly accused for practicing witchcraft?
Women
Modern day Salem, Massachusetts
Danvers, Massachusetts
Puritans tied witchcraft to this biblical figure
The devil
This many people were hung after being charged as guilty for practicing witchcraft
19
Merchant from Boston who became a Puritan preacher after moving to Salem Village. His daughter and niece were the people who started the witchcraft hysteria and his slave, Tituba, was one of the first people to be accused of practicing witchcraft
Samuel Parris
This word was used to describe a man who got accused of practicing witchcraft
A wizard
Salem was a religion-based community under what religion?
Puritanism
The Puritans founded this colony which is where the Salem Witch Trials took place in
Massachusetts Bay Colony
People would accuse an individual of being a witch for their own personal benefit or revenge over an old problem T/F
True, people would often accuse someone because of an of an problem concerning land, property, or status
People that would mainly accuse individuals of witchcraft
Rich and powerful people
If an individual wasn't able to recite this piece correctly word for word, it would be a sign that they were a witch
The Lord's Prayer
The site where the people accused of being witches got executed in during 1692
Gallows Hill
The belief Puritans had that validated that Betty Parris became ill because of a witch
The belief that witches targeted children
The Salem Witch Trials only happened due to family feuds T/F
False, the Salem Witch Trials did happen because of family feuds but also because of church politics and hysterical children
The governor of Massachusetts throughout the term of the Salem Witch Trials who put an end to the Salem Witch Trials after his wife got accused of practicing witchcraft
Governor William Phips
These communities (other than Salem) were also getting their citizens accused of practicing witchcraft
Andover, Lynn, Boston, Gloucester, Malden, Beverly, Marblehead, and Charlestown
These jobs were the basic jobs that most individuals in Salem made money from
Shipbuilding, commerce, and fishing
Puritans believed that this mark indicated that you have made a pact with the devil to become a witch
A mole, an extra nipple, or any physical imperfections
The ways in which society reflects the same actions as society did during the Salem Witch Trials
Rich & powerful individuals still point their fingers at people who are less powerful to get away with things that are out of their reach (correlates to people accusing the people they were in kahoots with for revenge) and well know people who got accused of something often will be dismissed easily solely because they are well known (correlates to why the SWT ended)
This well known family accused dozens of individuals for practicing witchcraft and hence were responsible for many deaths
The Putnam Family
This was fed to a dog and if the dog became ill after eating it, it meant that someone was a victim of witchcraft
A witchcake (made with flour and urine of the victim)
This was the court where the trials where held
The Special Court of Oyer and Terminer
The system of government that the Puritan community in Salem adapted to that was one of the reasons why the Salem Witch Trials came to be
A theocracy
The petition which indicated if you were an accuser or a person getting accused of witchcraft and that determined social and economic distinctions between rival village factions
The pro-Parris and anti-Parris petitions