Salem Witch Trials Overview

What choice did people accused of witchcraft in Salem often face?

• Confess to witchcraft or be executed.

• Prove their innocence or pay a fine.

• Leave the village or go to prison.

• Apologize to the accusers or be banished.

Who were the first two people in Salem to start behaving strangely and were diagnosed as being "under an evil hand"?

• Sarah Good and Sarah Osborne

• Betty Parris and Abigail Williams

• Tituba and Sarah Good

• Judge Saltonstall and Governor Phips

What kind of unusual evidence did the court accept during the Salem Witch Trials?

• Written confessions from the accused.

• Testimony from witnesses who saw the accused performing magic.

• "Spectral evidence" where girls claimed to be touched by invisible ghosts.

• Physical evidence like witch marks on the accused.

What happened to the Salem Witch Trials when the Governor of Massachusetts Colony's own wife was accused?

• The trials became even stricter.

• The Governor ordered more arrests.

• The trials were suspended, and prisoners were released.

• The Governor himself was accused of witchcraft.