2. Salem Witch Trials By Damani Michael Foster Will

3. Family Life Expert Children were expected to do the same work as adults. They weren’t aloud to talk unless they are talked to. Happiness, sadness, and other emotions were discouraged.

4. Historical events There were divisions among the people in the Society. Farmers, City people, Religion, Economics, Class, Character, Salem town, Salem village. The imagination and fears of the people, The leader of Salem in 1692 was Governor Phips The economy was really bad Other reasons the Witch Trials happened was because of frontier war, congregational strife, teenage boredom, and personal jealousies

5. Salem Witch Trials People were usually accused of witchcraft by the ‘afflicted’ girls Then put on trial whether they liked it or not. In this picture the ‘afflicted’ girls are screaming and yelling because of two women supposedly torturing them. The trials had trouble getting ‘Fact from Fiction' from the ‘afflicted’ girls. The people that were in court did not have good chance of winning, or going back to the outside world because of the unfair courts.

6. Salem Witch Trials Punishments If you denied being a witch you were most likely hanged or burned. The trials most of the time the trails were unfair and if the ‘afflicted girls’ said you were a witch to the people it made you one because of the hysteria, A person afflicted was considered to be tormented by the devil Upon the arrest you were taken to jail to await your trial

7. Most people denied being witches…. They were then most likely killed because of the ‘afflicted’ girls lying. The trials had priests from other counties To help calm the girls from their tormentor… The Devil Most of the time the girls just lied about the witches, probably for attention.

8. Trials Effect The trials had a devastating blow to the people of Salem and other places in Massachusetts. The trials had a devastating blow to the people of Salem and other places in Massachusetts. They caused horror beyond belief among the people, because of the death toll. They caused horror beyond belief among the people, because of the death toll. If you were in a trial then you would not get an attorney even though by law you are supposed to. If you were in a trial then you would not get an attorney even though by law you are supposed to. The suggested death toll is twenty. (20) The suggested death toll is twenty. (20)

9. Summary of Trials The summary of the trials is that they were The summary of the trials is that they were lacking justice, the accused didn’t even get an attorney…. The judges believed they were making justice but really causing more harm then they intended to… lacking justice, the accused didn’t even get an attorney…. The judges believed they were making justice but really causing more harm then they intended to…

10. Religion Church was the cornerstone of the 17 th century. It was illegal to not go to church. They believed that God punished sinful behavior. Most people in Massachusetts were Puritans seeking religious tolerance.

11. Religion When a neighbor suffered misfortune, they would not help because they believed it was God’s will. Puritans believed that Satan would choose the weakest individuals to carry out his work. Witches were considered as followers of Satan.

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13. Sources Life in Salem 1692 Religion and Witchcraft." http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schooladventures/salemwitchtrials/. Discovery Education.. Life in Salem 1692 Religion and Witchcraft." http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schooladventures/salemwitchtrials/. Discovery Education.. http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/salem.htm http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schooladventures/salemwitchtrials/li fe/

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