THE SALEM

WITCH TRIALS
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THE
OVERVIEW
What exactly was the Salem
Witch Trials? What happened?
What caused it? Why did they
act this way?

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 The Trials - Background Knowledge

❖ Colonial Massachusetts
➢ Europe had a tense
relationship with
witchcraft
■ Pendle Witch Trials
(1612)

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 The Trials - What Were They?

❖ A history of
supernatural beliefs
❖ Accusations
➢ Biased, little to no
evidence
❖ Death

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 The Salem Witch Trials

When? Where? Why?

The salem witch trials Salem in a colonial ➢ Paranoia,

took place in 1672 to massachusetts,
1673 from February to
May. ➢ Food shortages

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The Major Players
Who was involved?
 The First Afflictions
Elizabeth “Betty” Parris
➢ Nine Years Old
➢ Begun showing signs a week
before Abigail

Abigail WIlliams
➢ Twelve years old

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Elizabeth Booth
John Alden Jr, Daniel Andrew,
Martha Corey, Giles Corey, Mary
DeRich, Philip English, Mary
Ireson, John Proctor, Sarah
Proctor, Margaret Prince,
Elizabeth Proctor, William
Proctor, Wilmot Redd, Job
Tookey, John Willard, Mary
Warren.
Rose Foster
Abigail Barker, Mary Barker,
Mary Bridges Jr, Abigail
Faulkner Sr, Stephen
Johnson, Susannah Post,
Henry Salter, Hannah Tyler.
ACCUSERS
Elizabeth Hubbard
George Burroughs, Bridget Bishop,
Martha Carrier, Giles Corey,
Martha Corey, Lydia Dustin, Mary
DeRich, Philip English, Mary
Easty, Ann Foster, Sarah Good,
Dorcas Hoar, Abigail Hobbs,
Rebecca Jacobs, Margaret Jacobs,
Mary Lacey Sr, Susannah Martin,
Sarah Morey, Rebecca Nurse, Sarah
Osbourne, William Proctor,
Benjamin Proctor, Sarah Pease,
Sarah Morey, Tituba, Mary Warren,
John Willard, Mary Witheridge.
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Mercy Lewis
John Alden Jr, Arthur Abbott, Nehemiah
Abbott Jr, Daniel Andrew, Sarah Bassett,
Bridget Bishop, George Burroughs, Sarah
Buckley, Edward Bishop Jr, Sarah Bishop,
Mary Black, Martha Carrier, Elizabeth
Cary, Bethiah Carter Sr, Bethiah Carter Jr,
Elizabeth Colson, Martha Corey, Sarah
Cloyce, Giles Corey, Lydia Dustin, Sarah
Dustin, Mary Easty, Philip English, Mary
English, Elizabeth Fosdick, Thomas
Farrer, Elizabeth Hart, Dorcas Hoar,
Abigail Hobbs, William Hobbs,
Deliverance Hobbs, Abigail Hobbs,
Elizabeth Howe, George Jacobs Jr, George
Jacobs Sr, Rebecca Jacobs, Mary Lacey Sr,
Susannah Martin, Sarah Morey, Elizabeth
Proctor, Sarah Proctor, Elizabeth Paine,
Elizabeth Proctor, John Proctor, Susannah
Roots, Wilmot Redd, Sarah Rice, Ann
Sears, Mary Toothaker and her daughter,
Mary Witheridge, John Willard, Mary
Warren, Sarah Wildes.

Ann Putnam Jr.
Arthur Abbott, Daniel Andrew, John
Alden Jr, Sarah Bassett, Bridget
Bishop, Sarah Buckley, George
Burroughs, Candy, Giles Corey,
Elizabeth Colson, Bethia Carter Jr,
Martha Carrier, Lydia Dustin, Philip
English, Mary Easty, Thomas Farrer,
John Flood, Elizabeth Fosdick, Sarah
Good, Dorcas Hoar, Abigail Hobbs,
Elizabeth Howe, Margaret Hawkes,
Elizabeth Hart, Francis Hutchins,
Mary Ireson, George Jacobs Jr,
Rebecca Jacobs, Susannah Martin,
Sarah Morey, Rebecca Nurse, Sarah
Osbourne, William Proctor, Sarah
Proctor, Susannah Roots, Wilmot
Redd, Sarah Rice, Marth Toothaker,
Tituba, Mary Warren, Mary
Witheridge, Ruth Wilford.
ACCUSERS
Susannah Sheldon
George Burroughs, Elizabeth
Colson, Lydia Dustin, Ann
Dolliver, Philip English, Dorcas
Hoar, Mary Ireson, Susannah
Martin, Sarah Morey, William
Proctor.
Martha Sprague Sarah
Bridges, William Barker Jr, William
Barker Sr, Mary Barker, Abigail
Faulkner Sr, John Howard, John
Jackson Sr, John Jackson Jr, Elizabeth
Johnson Sr, Stephen Johnson, Abigail
Johnson, Mary Marston, Mary Parker,
Susannah Post, Hannah Post, Sarah
Wardwell.
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Mary Warren
John Alden Jr, Candy, Mary
DeRich, Ann Dolliver, Daniel
Eames, Joseph Emons,
Martha Emerson, Elizabeth
Fosdick, Edward Farrington,
Elizabeth Hart, Margaret
Hawkes, John Jackson Sr,
John Jackson Jr, Benjamin
Proctor, Sarah Pease,
Elizabeth Paine, Ann
Pudeator, William Proctor,
Sarah Pease, Abigail Somes,
Job Tookey.
 The Accused (and executed)

Hung: Tortured:
Bridget Bishop, Sarah Good, Elizabeth Giles Corey
Howe, Susannah Martin, Rebecca
Nurse, Sarah Whiles, George In Jail:
Burroughs, Martha Carrier, John Sarah Obourn, Roger
Willard, George Jacobs Sr. , John Toothaker, Ann Foster,
Proctor, Alice Parker, Mary Parker, Ann Lydia Dustin
Pudeator, Wilmot Redd, Margaret Scott,
Samuel Wardwell, Martha Corey, Mary
Easty,

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 Citations

1. Bishop, Bridget. “Important Persons in the Salem Court Records.”

Http://Salem.lib.virginia.edu/, Virginia Edu , salem.lib.virginia.edu/people/.
2. Blumblerg, Jess. “A Brief History of the Salem Witch Trials.” Smithsonian.com, Smithsonian
Institution, 23 Oct. 2007,
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-brief-history-of-the-salem-witch-trials-175162489/.
3. Brooks, Rebecca Beatrice, et al. “Salem Witch Trials: Historical Sites & Locations.” History of
Massachusetts Blog, 25 Oct. 2015,
historyofmassachusetts.org/where-did-salem-witch-trials-take-place/.
4. Brooks, Rebecca Beatrice. “Betty Parris: First Afflicted Girl of the Salem Witch Trials.” History
of Massachusetts Blog, 12 May 2020,
historyofmassachusetts.org/betty-parris-first-afflicted-girl-of-the-salem-witch-trials/.

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 Citations
5. Brooks, Rebecca Beatrice. “Salem Witch Trials Accusers.” History of Massachusetts
Blog, 12 May 2020, historyofmassachusetts.org/salem-witch-trials-accusers/.

6. Eschner, Kat. “England's Witch Trials Were Lawful.” Smithsonian.com, Smithsonian

Institution, 18 Aug. 2017,
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/englands-witch-trials-were-lawful-180964514/.

7. Linder, Douglas. “An Account of Events in Salem.” The Salem Witchcraft Trials of 1692,
June 2AD,
web.archive.org/web/20051102044352/www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/SA
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8. Oster, Emily. “Witchcraft, Weather and Economic Growth in Renaissance Europe.” The
Journal of Economic Perspectives, vol. 18, no. 1, 2004, pp. 215–228.,
www.jstor.org/stable/3216882.

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