Veronica G.

WITCHCRAFT

April

Salem Massachusetts was were the Salem Witch Trials took place.

BY VERONICA GROBE

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•The Puritans •The Tortured •The Accusers

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20 SHILLINGS

said “ In the seventeenth-

THE PURITANS “I am a witch. Or some would call me.

‘Spawn of the Devil,’ ‘Witch Child,’ they hiss in the street.” (Witch Child pg. 3)

century England, disagreement 1692, was a very horrific time in often meant persecution. Some puritans were arrested and our history. Women, children, and some men were accused of tortured; others had their witchcraft. Their own neighbors property taken away by the government. It was clear to the helped get them tortured and puritans that they would never killed, just because they were be able to worship in their own outcasts or odd to the superstitious puritans. No one way if they stayed in Europe”(13) knows what caused this The Salem Witch trials of

hysteria. Some people say it could have been a type of fungus called ergot that caused delusions, muscle spasms and vomiting. All of the signs of being possessed by the Devil.

The religion of the Puritans thought that in England their religion was not going to be accepted anymore. Some of them sailed across the ocean to

These people were very superstitious, believing in witches. They thought that witches could kill or hurt a person or an animal with their powers. Puritans believed that a sick animal, a bad crop, or a sickness that had come across a healthy person, was caused by spells or magical objects.

America to find a place to worship in private. In the book The Salem Witchcraft Trials it The puritans were very superstitious

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The accused witches were tortured until they confessed or the court decided for them, and they were hanged or floated.

THE TORTURED

The accused people were mostly people who

Salem, she was also a slave for Samuel Parris.

were outcasts or different like a widow or a His daughter Betty and her cousin Abigail healer. Some of the methods they used Williams were experiencing pain and 20 were horrific. For example they would possession symptoms. Tituba and her innocent prick them to find the ”witches mark,” husband baked a witch cake but Betty’s people were which wouldn’t bleed or feel pain. 20 symptoms got worse. A few weeks later killed innocent people were killed, 19 hanged Tituba, Sarah Good, and Sarah Osburn and one pressed to death with stones. were accused of witchcraft.

Tituba is one of the most famous accused witches. She was one of the first accused in

this is a map of Salem Mass. in 1692 showing the accused and the accusers.

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The families of the victims The people who accused the “witches” were the puritans. When the accusations stopped, they realized their mistake and tried

were given some money to help set things right. On January 15, 1697 the colonists declared that it should be a day of fasting, to show the

to make things right. The judge, Samuel Sewall admitted he had made a mistake but William Stoughton, the deputy governor, never apologized,

remorse of the actions that happened in 1692.

and still believed that the accused were witches. As one of the websites stated “none of the accusers was tried, punished, or publicly reprimanded.”

Tituba

ADVICE Dear Grandma, !I need your help.

After you were killed I fled to America. I was taken in by a very nice old lady named Martha. When we finally got to the settlement in New England I keep finding it hard to fit in. Martha is a healer when things go wrong they are starting to blame it on me. Reverend Johnson’s wife and child died and he has accused me a witch not publicly but he told me himself. I nee your help to get out of this mess! !!!!!love, Mary

The Accusers Dear Mary, !Thank you so much for asking me for help! All you have to do is stay low and try not to call attention to yourself until this goes away. Also, you should try to stay away from Reverend Johnson and his family so he doesn't suspect you anymore !!!!!!love, Grandma

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Bibliography Works Cited Adams, Cecil. "Whatever Happened to the Accusers from the Salem Witch Trials?" The Straight Dope:. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Apr. 2015.

Rees, Celia. Witch Child. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick, 2001. Print.

"Salem Witch Trials - 1692 Salem - Economic and Social Divisions - DiscoverySchool.com." Salem Witch Trials - 1692 Salem - Economic and Social Divisions - DiscoverySchool.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Apr. 2015.

"Salem Witch Trials." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 14 Apr. 2015.

"Tituba: The Slave of Salem." History of Massachusetts. N.p., 02 Jan. 2013. Web. 14 Apr. 2015.

Woods, Geraldine. The Salem Witchcraft Trials: A Headline Court Case. Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow, 2000. Print.

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Lexicon Organizer ​

Salem Witch

Choose 20 words from your bookmark that BEST REFLECT the historical time period in which your bo ORGANIZE the words in ​ALPHABETICAL ORDER​!!!

Word

Part of Speech (noun, verb, adj)

Definition (in context with the story)

Sentence from book & Page #

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1. Aglow

adjective

Glowing

“setting it all aglow, like a great candle, but the flame gave no heat.” (75)

Because the describe a st against the b

2. Bodice

noun

A part of a dress, above the waist

“In the meantime Annie looked after me, feeding me and bringing new clothes: linen skirt, bodice​ and jacket, and a cap to cover my hair.“ (18)

Bodices wer back then as clothes and w wear them in times.

3. Carriage

noun

Mode of transportation

“The change in the motion of the ​carriage​ woke me.” (13)

The way the around was or a carriage we use cars, trains, and b

4. Curtsies

noun

A formal greeting for “People came running: an women ostler, reaching to hold the horses;; the innkeeper, bowing, and his wife, dropping curtsies​.” (13)

5. Haberdasher

noun

A person who sells clothing [6]

Instead of ha or saying he then women curtsy to sho

“Martha had made a small living people would as a haberdasher and their own clo dressmaker.” (86) sell some of

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make a 5. Leviathan

noun

A sea monster

“A leviathan. A great fish, like the one in the Bible that swallowed Jonah.” (78)

Back th in thing monste

6. Mayn’t

contraction

Contraction of may not

“Later, there mayn’t be time.”

(89)

It is the with sla

7. Needle woman

noun

A person who is good at sewing

“You are a good needlewoman,

they ne who co becaus could o outfits.

Mary, and it’ll keep you out of chief.” (86)

8. Nor

conjunction

Used to say two negative things in one sentence

“‘Spawn of the Devil,’ ‘Witch Child,’ they hiss in the street, although I know neither father nor mother.” (3)

9. Ostler

noun

A person who looks after horses while people are staying at the inn

“An ostler came out to feed and A job b water the horses, but he did not don’t ne take them from their traces.” anymor (18)

10. Parson

noun

A protestant member of the clergy

“‘the captain hates a parson worse than a witch.’” (75)

back th worked was pa

11. Physick Garden noun

A garden with medical plants

“They are planning a Physick Garden so that they can grow the herbs they need to make

they did medicin they ha

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it was o

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own.

12. Pious

adjective

A person who is devoutly religious

“Jack laughed. ‘Pious lot though someone called ain’t they?’” (75) puritans pious whe they were being re superstitious

13. Puritan

noun

A strict religious group of the late 15 and 1600s

“‘Quite the little Puritan,’ she This group was the said as she came in through the who was mostly door.” (18) accusing people of witchcraft.

14. Rubbish

adjective

Garbage or junk or random stuff

“We picked our way between rubbish and puddles, trying not to drop things, hoping that we had all we need.” (37)

it is an English wor and the people tryi escape the witch tr fled to America

15. Scrying Bowl

noun

A bowl of water used to see the future

“I too stared down at the water, and the shimmering surface seemed to act just like the scrying bowl my grandmother had used to tell the future.” (80)

it was considered something like witchcraft.

16. Separatists

noun

A religious group “Puritans, separatists, people that believed in the who fear that their faith will no separation of a longer be tolerated.” (19) smaller group from a larger group

17. ‘Tis

contraction

short for it is

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part of the group th went to America so they can practice th religion

“‘Tis serious! Don’t laugh! A it was the way they rabbit onboard is very bad luck!” spoke with slang (76)

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18. Tongues Wag

noun

people gossip

“‘Have a care, Mary,’ she added, folding a cloth over her worn fingers. ‘Tongues wag.’”

(85)

it was the way they talked

19. Wench

noun

A girl or a young woman

“‘I’m not paying you to idle the time away talking with wenches.’” (83)

another way they described things an men didn’t respect woman as much as do now

20. Yonder

noun

a far distance away

“‘Look! Look yonder!’” (104)

it was the way they talked

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