Salem Witch Trials

former Salem minister; jailed and killed for being a witch; reads the "Lord's Prayer" before execution, convincing some that he was not a witch

• Reverend Parris

• George Burroughs

• Corey Giles

daughter of Sarah Good; five years old; accused of being a witch; imprisoned until she says that her mother is a witch

• Dorthy

• Ann

• Tituba

• Abigail

A strict religious group who wanted to purify the Church of England. They came to America for religious freedom and settled Massachusetts Bay.

• Baptist

• Catholic

• Puritan

• Mormon

exaggerated or uncontrollable emotion or excitement, especially among a group of people.

• hysteria

• ergot

• frenzy

Reverend Parris's ten-year-old daughter. She falls into a strange stupor after spending time "fortune-telling" with Tituba. Her illness fuels the first rumors of witchcraft. What is here name.

• Abigail

• Betty

• Ann

• Mercy

Location of the witch-trial hysteria; farming economy

• Salem - Town

• Salem - Village

What year was the Salem Witch Trial?

• 1693

• 1692

• 1694

• 1691

A birthmark or mole that was believed to indicate that someone was a witch

• birthmark or mole

• scratches

• red spots

First woman that was hung?

• Tituba

• Mercy Lewis

• Bridget Bishop

Parris's slave from Barbados; first accused witch

• Dova

• Tituba

• Journey