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Practicing Christians had a strong belief that the Devil could give certain people known as _________ the power to harm others in return for their loyalty.
What is witches?
100
Reverend Parris' daughter Elizabeth, age 9, and niece Abigail Williams, age 11, started having "fits." They screamed, threw things, uttered peculiar sounds and contorted themselves into strange positions, and a local doctor blamed the ________________
What is supernatural
100
What was the name of the court that Governor Phipps dissolved on October 29th?
What is the Court of Oyer and Terminer
100
What was the name of the judge who publicly confessed error and guilt?
Who is Samuel Sewall
100
What is the name of the Hill where Bridget Bishop was hanged?
What is Gallows Hill
200
In 1689, who were the English rulers?
Who is William and Mary
200
Who denounced the use of spectral evidence and said this quote: "It were better that ten suspected witches should escape than one innocent person be condemned."
Who is Increase Mather.
200
Governor Phipps prohibited further arrests, released many accused witches in response to.....
What is Mather's plea and his own wife being questioned for witchcraft
200
On January 14, 1697, the General Court ordered a day of....
What is fasting and soul-searching for the tragedy of Salem.
200
Governor Phips created the Court of Oyer and Terminer because of the excessive amount of
What is accused witches that needed to be tried in court
300
This person was Salem Village's first ordained minister in 1689, and was disliked because of his rigid ways and greedy nature.
Who is Reverend Samuel Parris
300
On February 29, Reverend Parris' daughter Elizabeth, age 9, and niece Abigail Williams, age 11 blamed three women. Name one out of the three women.
Who is Tituba, Sarah Good, or Sarah Osborne
300
Nearly 200 people had been accused of practicing....
What is "the devils magic"
300
In 1992, on the 300th anniversary of the trials, a ______________________ designed by James Cutler is dedicated in Salem.
What is a witchcraft memorial
300
Name one of the many fears that the settlers had during this time period
What is fear of women independence, neighbors, or outsiders
400
A "witchcraft craze" rippled through Europe from the
What is the 1300s to the end of the 1600s
400
Out of the three women accused of witchcraft by the young girls, which women confessed?
Who is Tituba
400
How many people were hanged on Gallows Hill?
What is 19 people
400
in 1711, the colony passed a bill that restored....
What is the rights and good names of those accused and granted £600 restitution to their heirs.
400
Who was the first conviction made against? She was hung at Gallow's Hill 8 days after her conviction on June 2nd.
Who is Bridget Bishop?
500
In 1689, English rulers William and Mary started a war with France in the American colonies. Known as _____________________________ to colonists, it ravaged regions of upstate New York, Nova Scotia and Quebec, sending refugees into the county of Essex and, specifically, Salem Village in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
What is King Williams War
500
Testimony based on visions and dreams is called....
What is spectral evidence
500
What is the date when Phipps eventually pardoned all who were in prison on witchcraft charges by
What is May 1693.
500
When did Massachusetts formally apologize for the events of 1692?
What is 1957—more than 250 years later
500
What is the name of the fungus that is a scientific means to explain the afflictions of those accused? The fungus cause symptoms such as delusions, vomiting and muscle spasms.
What is ergot