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Elizabeth Parris and Abigail Williams begin to have fits and exhibit strange behavior. Soon Ann Putnam, Jr., and other Salem village girls begin displaying similar behavior.
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The girls accuse three women, Tituba, Sarah Good and Sarah Osborne, of witchcraft. Arrest warrants are issued for the women.
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Physicians concluded that the girls were under the influence of Satan after exhibiting strange behaviors.
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Community fasting and prayer services were conducted by Reverend Samuel Paris in hopes of relieving the evil forces that plagued them in an effort to expose "witches"
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Bridget Bishop, Abigail Hobbs, Mary Warren and Giles Corey are accused of witchcraft by many of the Salem Village girls and arrested.
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Bridget Bishop is hanged. Face person to be executed during the trials
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His wife, Sarah Noyes Hale, is named a witch but never formally charged or arrested
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The General Court of the colony creates the Superior Court to try the remaining witchcraft cases.
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49 of the 52 remaining accused witches in jail are released because their arrests were based on spectral evidence.
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Governor Phips pardons the remaining accused in jail.
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A Modest Inquiry Into The Nature Of Witchcraft. First printed in 1702