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HOW DID THE TRIALS START?

THE IMPACT ON THE PEOPLE OF SALEM

CONSEQUENCES

OLD SALEM The Salem Witch Trials was a scary time period. Innocent People were hanged and drowned because they were accused of practicing witchcraft.

The salem witch Trials took place mostly in Bay Colony Massachusetts in 1691, which is now known as Salem Massachusetts. Salem Massachusetts is a very historical place. Many accusations took place in Salem Massachusetts, But the practice of witchcraft took place in Hartford Massachusetts. The salem witch trials was a scary time period because of why they started the witch trials, how it tore apart families, and the consequences of being accused.

HOW DID THE TRIALS START?

Smithsonian.com says “In January of 1692, Reverend Parris' daughter Elizabeth, age 9, and niece Abigail Williams, age 11, started having "fits."

They screamed, threw things, uttered peculiar sounds and contorted themselves into strange positions, and a local doctor blamed the supernatural.

Another girl, Ann Putnam, age 11, experienced similar episodes. On February 29, under pressure from magistrates Jonathan Corwin and John Hathorne, the girls blamed three women for afflicting them: Tituba, the Parris' Caribbean slave; Sarah Good, a homeless beggar; and Sarah Osborne, an elderly impoverished woman.” I would not want to live in the 1600s, It sounds very scary.

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The Salem Witch Trials started because The impact on the people of Salem was Several centuries ago many christians and that families were being torn apart. people of other religions believed that the devil Mothers and fathers were expected if could give people like witches power to harm they were suspected of practicing others in return of his loyalty. The thing about witchcraft. If my mom was killed because this is that they could not prove if someone was she was accused of being a witch I a witch or not, they could just assume. They would be very sad. Imagine being a little believed that if you were thought to be a witch kid and having one of your parents taken that you would be executed. The first case was away from you because they were killed for something they did not do. A 71-yearbrought to the special court was Bridget old man was pressed to death with Bishop. When she was asked if she heavy stones because he was thought to committed witchcraft, she said "I am as be a witch. He was apart of someone's innocent as the child unborn." she was found family. He could have been someone's guilty so, On June 10 she became the first brother, grandpa, dad, or brother, etc.

Smithsonian.com says “The displaced person hanged on what was later called people created a strain on Salem's Gallows Hill.

This aggravated the existing rivalry between families with ties to the wealth of the port of Salem and those who still Sa depended on agriculture.”

consequences The consequences if you were accused of being a witch were terrifying. Even if u were innocent you still had to die in a scary way. One consequence is that you were drowned. They tied rocks to you and threw you in the water. If you floated you were a witch but if you stayed at the bottom of the water you were innocent. So you died either way. Another consequence was that you were hanged. In Front of a lot of people you were tied up and hanged even if you were innocent.

It was really scary and unfair. Innocent people died for something they did not do. Smithsonian.com says “A witchcraft craze" rippled through Europe from the 1300s to the end of the 1600s.

Tens of thousands of supposed witches—mostly women—were executed. Though the Salem trials came on just as the European craze was winding down.” Being hanged and drowned must be very scary. If i was an innocent civilian who was hanged or drowned for something i did not do i would be terrified.

The salem witch trials was a scary time period. Innocent people were hanged and drowned for something they did not do. How would you feel if you were accused of being a witch?

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Lexicon Pamphlet: a small booklet or leaflet containing information or arguments about a single subject.

Sabbath: a supposed annual midnight meeting of witches with the Devil.

Arse: British spelling of the naughty word for butt MIlitia:a military force that is raised from the civil population to supplement a regular army in an emergency.

Wabanakis: A member of a Native American confederacy.

Seldem; not often Black smith: a person who makes and repairs things in iron by hand.

Shillings: a former British coin and monetary unit equal to one twentieth of a pound or twelve pence.

Abated: something perceived as hostile, threatening, or negative become less intense or widespread.

Smallpox: an acute contagious viral disease, with fever and pustules usually leaving permanent scars. It was effectively eradicated through vaccination by 1979.

Hearth: the area in front of a fireplace.

Waistcoat: a man's quilted long-sleeved garment worn under a doublet in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Bonnets: a woman's or child's hat tied under the chin, typically with a brim framing the face.

Muck: dirt, rubbish, or waste matter.

Merchants: a person or company involved in wholesale trade, especially one dealing with foreign countries or supplying merchandise to a particular trade.

this is a map of salem during the exacutions.

bibliography http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-brief-history-of-the-salem-witch-trials175162489/ http://www.history.com/topics/salem-witch-trials

This is a picture of people being hanged whitch was one of the consaquences.