Time and Place
This period was from 1620-1660.
What is the Puritan Period?
This was believed by Puritans to be God’s punishment for sin.
What is Witchcraft?
This gender was primary targeted.
What is females?
This number of people were actual witches.
What is nearly none?
This common myth is seen as the way most witches were punished or killed.
What is the torturer method?
Accusations of this practice first began in the early 15th century.
What is witchcraft?
These two powers worked together to handle the witchcraft.
What is the church and state?
This cultural group believed witches were devils.
What is Puritans?
This mental delusion was the cause for a vast majority of the accusations made during the witch trials.
What is hysteria?
This estimated number is the amount of people who were accused of being witches.
What is 200?
This Puritan settlement created the concept of witchcraft and the procession of those convicted held in this place.
What is the Massachusetts Bay colony?
Women of knowledge, assertiveness, and independence were often accused of this being.
What is a witch?
Cultural division led to these events.
What are targeted mass accusations related to religion, location and ancestry.
These global issues still cause wrongful incrimination today.
What is racism, sexism and lack of education?
The following statement is either true or false. Only women were accused and killed for witchcraft.
What is False.
At least 5 men were convicted however most were not killed for their crimes like the women.
This belief system reinforced the fear of witchcraft with the idea that sinful behavior could directly lead to demonic influence and societal chaos.
What is the influence of Puritan theology?
The reason for disposing of the witches.
What is goal of purity in the church of England?
This excuse was made by people after the trials.
What is Mass Hysteria?
The age of Dorothy Good (the youngest convict)
What is 4 years old?
This age was most prolific in their accusations against potential witches.
What is 12 and under?
These environmental factors in New England, including long winters and rocky soil, contributed to the struggles faced by settlers, fueling dissatisfaction and unrest.
What are harsh climates and difficult living conditions of the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
The connection between crop failures or unexplained misfortunes VS a search for a potential witch.
What is physical realities had spiritual causes?
These cultural issues ( Belief in sorcery, Patriarchal society , Mysterious deaths resulting from poor healthcare, Poor justice systems) lead to these events.
What is the causes for modern and Puritan witch trials
This woman was an enslaved black woman and was the first convicted.
Who is Tituba?
This holiday was made after the witch trials to push against the mass amount of wrongful incrimination. World Day Against Witch Hunts [Aug 10]
What is World Day Against Witch Hunts?