Bewitched
Betty Parris & Abigail Williams made this to determine if they were bewitched.
What is a witch cake?
Samuel Parris arrived in New England from this location, where his family owned a plantation.
What is Barbados?
This kind of evidence was banned in October 1692.
What is spectral evidence?
This family led the charge against Samuel Parris after the trials, blaming him for the suffering their family endured.
Who are the Nurse family?
This young Harvard graduate followed Samuel Parris as minister for Salem.
Who is Joseph Green?
This was the first accused witch brought in front of the new Special Court of Oyer and Terminer.
Who is Bridget Bishop?
This text was viewed as the handbook on witchcraft and provided guidance on Satanism, on how to detect witches in your community and how to put them in trial.
What is the Malleus Maleficarum?
The meaning of the Special Court of Oyer and Terminer.
What is to hear and to determine?
Samuel Parris refused to vacate this premise until 1698.
What is the parsonage?
To show their penitence, Salem held this event to atone for the witch trials.
What is a public fast?
The strange death of a baby may have convinced this Salem resident that there were witches at work in the community.
Who is Ann Putnam Sr?
Refugees from these conflicts sometimes ended up living in Salem.
What is King Philip’s War and King William’s War?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
This New England town was hit particularly badly during these conflicts.
Giles Corey was pressed to death because he refused to do this.
What is plead?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
How long did it take for Giles Corey to die?
This book of the bible states: “Thou shalt not suffer a witch to love.”
What is Exodus?
This judge was the only one from the witch trials to apologise for his role.
Who is Samuel Sewell?
The doctor who diagnosed Betty Parris and Abigail Williams when they first fell ill.
Who is Dr (William Griggs)?
Bridget Bishop was accused and acquitted of this crime twice before finding herself accused and convicted of witchcraft in 1692.
What is witchcraft?
The year in which the remaining accused were finally legally exonerated.
What is 1957?
The name of the father and son ministers who urged the Special Court of Oyer and Terminer to be cautious and not rely on spectral evidence.
Who is Cotton & Increase Mather?
Ann Putnam Jr attempted to join Salem Church in this year.
What is 1706?
The arrest and execution of George Burroughs unsettled the citizens because he had once held this position in Salem.
What is minister?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
What was George Burroughs able to do before he was hanged that was supposed to be impossible for a witch?
Long before the trials, this Salem resident had fallen on hard times and was reduced to begging for food and drink. This may have made her a prime suspect of witchcraft in 1692.
Who is Sarah Good?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
The name of the other women who was accused alongside Sarah Good.
The year in which the Massachusetts Bay Colony charter was lost.
What is 1684?
This measure was introduced to try and boost dwindling Puritan numbers.
What is the Half-Way Covenant?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
How did the Half-Way Covenant work?
Dorothy (or Dorcas) Good lived with this man until his death in 1716.
Who is Benjamin Putnam?