1692 Salem witch trials

This project is on the late 1600 Salem witch trials, and is a DBMG production. If any portion or part of this material is copied without written permission, the culprits will be punished by atomic wedgies.

A project by Devan Boutte’, Bryan Syphoe, Mathew Bowling, and Grant Autler.

In 1692 Salem was controlled under British rule.

The two divisions that existed between the people in society of Salem is Salem Town and Salem Village.

Salem Village wanted to gain independence from Salem town. Salem farmers were determined to find good places to grow crops so that the village could survive.

Tensions grew worse when Salem Village selected Rev. Samuel Parris as their minster.

Family life The female’s responsibility in this

society was household chores. The male’s job was manual labor

(gathering firewood, blacksmiths, and ministry)

It was our opinion that the family lifestyle was very dull for a young male or female.

Families were required to attend weekly religious services in honor of the Sabbath.

Witchcraft• People became accused of witchcraft when someone would die and

there was no explanation of how that person died.

• The people who did the accusing were the people whose family experienced these unexplainable deaths.

• The people who were accused, and were proven guilty of committing witchcraft were either hung or put in jail.

• Nineteen people were hung, and over one hundred fifty people were imprisoned or arrested in the Salem Witch Craft Trials.

• The people who started the entire witchcraft conspiracy were Abigail Williams and Elizabteth Parris. This is because they started to have seizures and mysterious spells that they could not explain .

Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/salem_witch_trialshttp;//www.salemweb.com/memorial/chronology.shtml

Created By: Devan Boutte’

Bryan Syphoe

Grant Autler

Mathew Bowling

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