Salem WItchCraft Trials

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  • Salem Villiage and Town Was Devolped

    Salem Villiage and Town Was Devolped

    Salem Villiage is where the lower class lived
    Salem Town was where the upper class lived

  • Witchcraft was made illegal

  • Women Diagnoised to be Under the Influence of Satan

    Doctors unable to determine what is causing the strange behavior from women accuses them of being influenced by satan

  • Tituba confesses to working for the devil

    Tituba worked for the devil as a witch. In order to get herself out of trouble she confessed of her work and accused others of being witchs

  • Martha Corey, Dorcas good, and Rebecca Nurse accused of Witchacraft

  • Many Salam Village Girls accused of Witchcraft

    Many Salam Village Girls accused of Witchcraft

  • Bridget Bishop is hanged in Salem.

    Her hanging was the first death in the Salem Witch Trials.
  • 5 women were hanged in Salam

    5 women were hanged in Salam

    Susannah Martin, Rebecca Nurse, Sarah Good, Elizabeth Howe, and Sarah Wildes are hanged at Gallows hill in Salem.

  • Thomas Brattle gets help

    writes a letter criticizing the witchcraft trials and the use of spectral evidence. Governor Phips bans spectral and intangible evidence in the trials.
  • Governor Phips forbids further arrests

    Governor Phips forbids further arrests

    He stops the arrest and realeases many people that were acussed.

  • They began arresting people again

    3 women accused of witchcraft

  • Around 50 people relased from jail that were accused

  • Governor Phips forgives those who remained in jail

  • Victims of the Trials were punished

    The victims had to fast for 1 day and publicly applogize for there role in the trials

  • The General Court declares the 1692 trials illegal.