BY ANTHONY BONAIUTO AND SEAN FORDE THE SALEM WITCH TRIALS BY ANTHONY BONAIUTO AND SEAN FORDE

How it all started It all started on January,1692,when a strange illness broke out among the town. Betty Parris was the first to suffer from this illness. Over night the 9 year old child began to loose her memory. She spent most of her time staring blindly into space.

The second victim 11 year old Abigail Williams ,Betty's cousin was next. Like Betty she made strange animal noises. Unlike Betty she dropped on her hands and knees and barked like a dog. Then she started flapping her arms like a bird.

THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE BEWITCHED … BY WITCHES!!!!!!

The Accusations Tituba was claimed to be bewitched because she practiced witchcraft and black magic and Tituba said that she was a witch. She claimed that she talked to the devil. Then Tituba told Reverend Parris that she was not the only witch. There was also Sarah Good and Sarah Osburn.

THE FIRST TRIALS At noon on June ,2nd 1692 the first trials were held. The 3 women were tried and searched for proof. These proofs were the devils mark, moles, warts, and scars. More kind of proof is spectral evidence, a witches ghost like spirit that does their work for them.

THE PUNISHMENTS After waiting in jail cells for months they finally received their punishments. Some were hung. Some were burned. And others were tied to a pole and stoned , pressed and drowned.

WHY DID IT STOP? They stopped because many villagers said there were to many witches in one town. 24 in total. They believed Betty and Abigail were mentally ill and one woman filed a lawsuit against the girls for ruining her life.

THE TRUTH!!!! The truth is that Betty and Abigail were afterward suspected of faking, mentally ill, or suffering from hysteria. If it was hysteria it was caused by the wheat.

FUN FACTS!!!!!!! 19 people hung 1 pressed 2 people died in jail 2 people burned

BIBLIOGRAPHY The salem witch trials by Karen Zeinert http://www.eyewitnesshistory.com/salem.htm http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/brief-salem.html http://www.localhistories.org/salem.html http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/salem.html