1. 11/29/12 Salem Witchcraft (1692)

2. Table Of Contents Salem Witchcraft History………………………………………….3 Image of Salem…………………………………………………………4 Salem Map………………………………………………………………..5 Video of Witchcraft………………………………………………….6 Quiz on Salem Witchcraft………………………………………..7 Bibliography……………………………………………………………..8

3. Brief History From June until September, 1692, 19 men and women, who were all convicted of witchcraft, were lead to Gallows Hill, a slope near Salem Village, for hanging. Another man of over 80 years old was pressed to death under heavy stones for refusing to submit to a trial on witchcraft charges. Hundreds of others of people were faced with accusations of witchcraft; dozens were put in jail for months without trials until the belief that swept through Puritan Massachusetts ended. It was said that boredom and the economic crises, as well as the war, caused these crazy accusations. The first person who brought about these accusations was Betty Perris, who became strangely ill, and acted quite weird. She ran around hiding under things, and had hallucinations. Many people came up with different reasons as to why she acted this way, but one man stated that it was due to witchcraft. The likelihood of this being related to Witchcraft became more convincing after a few of Betty’s playmates became ill and started eliciting the same behaviors. A doctor could not find a cure to any of these girls sicknesses, and said that a supernatural cause might be the answer. The first three girls to be accused of witchcraft were Tituba, Sarah Good, and Sarah Osborn. People claimed that they saw witches flying through the air, and that there was a certain “witch cake” that could be baked and consumed by someone to turn into a witch. Tituba admitted to being a witch, and stated that she had four other witches joining her, and she said that she came in contact with the devil in Boston. Due to these girls, trials started taking place when more and more people started acting in weird ways throughout Salem. http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/SAL_ACCT.HTM More Info

4. Trial Meetings http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/s alem/salemexamof.jpg

5. Map Of Salem See RouteRoute

6. Witch Trials

7. Salem Quiz View Results Results

8. Bibliography Famous American Trials. (n.d.). Salem Witchcraft Trials 1692. Retrieved December 4, 2012, from Famous American Trials: http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/sa;em/salem.htm Google. (n.d.). Images of Salem Witchcraft. Retrieved December 4, 2012, from Google Images: http://library.thinkquest.org/J002399/salemwitch/salemwi tch.html Wikipedia. (n.d.). Salem Witch Trials. Retrieved December 4, 2012, from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem_witch_trials