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Makes witchcraft a crime
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Witch Trials
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Repealed 1542 Act and replaced by the 1562 Act.
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James I added another law to the 1562 Act in 1604. The 1562 and 1604 Acts moved witch trials from the Church to regular courts.
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Bought by Samuel Parris and taken to Boston to be a slave for his family.
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Revoked due to illegal mints, discrimination of Quakers and Anglicans, and the establishment of religious laws.
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Took over New England, and renamed it "Dominion of New England"
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Brought family and Tituba to Salem.
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Changed the Dominion of New England into the Province of Massachusetts Bay by placing a charter.
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The daughter and niece of Samuel Parris started to act strangely and were diagnosed as "bewitched."
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Tituba, Sarah Good, and Sarah Osborne were women that were accused of witchcraft in Salem.
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“The devil came to me and bid me to serve him” - Tituba
“No there is four women and one man they hurt the children and then lay upon me and they tell me if I will not hurt the children they will hurt me” - Tituba -
Released the Accused witches from jail, "I saw many innocent persons might otherwise perish." -William Phips
