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9-year-old Elizabeth Parris and 11-year-old Abigail Williams (the daughter and niece of Samuel Parris) began having fits, including uncontrollable outbursts of screaming.
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Samuel Parris' nine year old daughter, Betty, falls ill.
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The Salem Village physician, Dr. William Griggs, concludes the girls are bewitched.
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The Salem Witch Trials were hearings held in Massachusetts accusing people of witchcraft.
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The girls accuse three women: Tituba, Sarah Good and Sarah Osborne, of witchcraft. Arrest warrants are issued for the women of witchcraft.
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Parris' servant, Tituba, and her husband, John Indian, are advised by Mary Sibley to bake a witch cake. She hopes the cake will help the girls identify the person(s) who are bewitching them.
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An arrest warrant is issued for John and Elizabeth Proctor's son, Benjamin.
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John Proctor was a farmer and the first male to be accused duing the Salem Witch Trials.
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George Burroughs, John Proctor, George Jacobs Sr., John Willard and Martha Carrier are hanged on Gallows Hill.
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Gile Corey and his wife were accused of being witches. They were arrested and thrown into jail. During his trial, he refused to plead guilty or not guilty. He died after two days in jail.
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The governor of the colony heard his wife was being accused of witchcraft, so he ended the trials. However, 20 people and 2 dogs were executed for the crime of witchcraft in Salem.
