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Paris and Salem
The villagers vow to drive Parris out of Salem and stop contributing to his salary. -
The disease
Young Betty Parris became strangely ill. She ran around, dove under furniture, cried in pain, and complained of fever. The cause of her symptoms may have been some combination of stress, asthma, guilt, boredom, child abuse, epilepsy, and delusional psychosis. The symptoms also could have been caused by a disease called "convulsive ergotism" brought on by injesting rye--eaten as a cereal and as a common ingredient of bread. -
The doctor
Doctor Griggs suggests that witchcraft may be the cause of the girls' strange behavior -
Witch Cake
Tituba bakes a "witch cake" and feeds it to a dog. According to an English folk remedy, feeding a dog this kind of cake, which contained the urine of the afflicted, would counteract the spell put on Elizabeth and Abigail. The reason the cake is fed to a dog is because the dog is believed a "familiar" of the Devil. -
the begining
Arrest warrants were issued against Tituba and two other women, Betty Parris and Abigail Williams. The witchhunt began. -
Confessions.
Tituba confesses to practicing witchcraft and confirms Sarah Good and Sarah Osborne are her co- conspirators. -
The others
Ann Putnam Jr. shows symptoms of witchcraft. Mercy Lewis, Mary Walcott, and Mary Warren later show symptoms too. -
Witchcraft
Ann Putnam Jr. accuses Martha Cory of witchcraft -
More witchcraft.
Abigail Williams accuses Rebecca Nurse as a witch. -
More accusations
Elizabeth Proctor is accused of witchcraft -
Betrayel
Sarah Cloyce, after defending her sister, Rebecca Nurse, is accused of witchcraft -
twist.
Mary Warren, admits lying and accuses the other accusing girls of lying -
More betrayel
Elizabeth's husband, John, who protested the examination of his wife, becomes the first man accused of witchcraft and is incarcerated. -
Turning back.
Abigail Hobbs, Bridget Bishop, Giles Cory and Mary Warren are examined. Hobbs confesses to practicing witchcraft. Mary Warren reverses her statement made in early April and rejoins the accusers. -
Minister
A bunch of the girls accuse former Salem minister George Burroughs of witchcraft. -
Finding the minister.
George Burroughs is returned to Salem after being arrested in maine on May 4th and is placed in jail. -
The First of many
Sarah Osborne dies in prison. -
Almost free.
Mary Easty is released from prison. Following protest by her accusers, she is again arrested. Roger Toothaker is also arrested on charges of witchcraft. -
The first.
Bridget Bishop is hanged at Gallows Hill. After, Nathaniel Saltonstall resigns from the court and is replaced by Corwin. -
The baby witch
George Jacobs Sr., Martha Carrier, George Burroughs, John Willard and John Proctor are hanged on Gallows Hill. Elizabeth Proctor is not hanged because she is pregnant. -
The remains
49 of the 52 surviving people brought into court on witchcraft charges are released because their arrests were based on spectral evidence. -
The slave.
Tituba is released from jail and sold to a new master. -
Coming to an end.
Govener Phipps prohibits further arrests, releases many accused witches, and dissolves the Court of Oyer and Terminer -
Reclaiming.
1752: Salem village was renamed Danvers. -
Apologizing
1957: Massachusetts formally apologizes for the events of 1692. -
A memory.
On the 300th anniversary of the trials, a witchcraft memorial designed by James Cutler is dedicated in Salem -
14 years later. Thanks.
1706: Ann Putnam Jr., one of the leading accusers, publicly apologizes for her actions in 1692