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• 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.

Historical eventsHistorical 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

Salem Witch Trials

People were usually accused of witchcraft by the ‘afflicted’ girlsThen 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 havegood chance of winning, or going back to the outsideworld because of the unfair courts.

Salem Witch TrialsPunishments

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

Most people denied being witches…. They were then most likelykilled because of the ‘afflicted’ girls lying.

The trials had priests from other countiesTo help calm the girls from their tormentor…

The Devil

Most of the time the girls just lied about the witches, probably for attention.

Trials EffectTrials Effect

The trials had a devastating blow to the The trials had a devastating blow to the people of Salem and other places in people of Salem and other places in Massachusetts. Massachusetts.

They caused horror beyond belief among They caused horror beyond belief among the people, because of the death toll.the people, because of the death toll.

If you were in a trial then you would not If you were in a trial then you would not get an attorney even though by law you get an attorney even though by law you are supposed to.are supposed to.

The suggested death toll is twenty. (20)The suggested death toll is twenty. (20)

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

Religion Church was the cornerstone of the 17th

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.

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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