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Salem Witchcraft Era
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Betty Parris falls ill along with other Salem girls
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During this month, the Salem village physician Dr. William Griggs concludes the girls are bewitched.
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Tituba, Sarah Good, and Sarah OSbourne are examined by Salem magistrates. Tituba confesses to witchcraft.
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Tituba, Sarah Good, and Sarah Osbourne are sent to Boston prision.
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A warrant is issued for Martha Corey's arrest, and Rebecca Nurse is accused by Abigail Williams.
Abigail Williams is the Antagonist of the play because she is the girl who repeatedly brings accusations of witchcraft on the women of Salem. -
One of the afflicted girls- possibly Mercy Lewis- accuses Elizabeth Proctor of witchcraft.
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John & Elizabeth Proctor, Rebecca Nurse, Sarah Cloyce, Martha Corey, and Dorca's good are sent to Boston prison on accusations of witchcraft.
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Mary Warren, who repeatedly accused people of witchcraft, appears before the court under witchcraft charges.
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Arrest warrants are issued for Mary Easty, Edward & Sarah Bishop, Deliverand & William Hobbs, Sarah Wilds, Mary Black, Nehemiah Abbott Jr., and Mary English
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Abigail Williams identifies Reverend George burroughs as the "Black Minister".
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Reverend George Burroughs is arrested.
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Mary Easty is released from prison, but two days later on the 20th she is arrested again after Mercy Lewis mysteriously falls ill.
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An arrest warrant is issued for John & Elizabeth Proctor's daughter, Sarah. A warrant is issued for their son, Benjamin, two days later.
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Arrest warrants are issued for the Proctor's second son, William, as well as for John Alden. Martha Carrier is arrested.
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Susannah Sheldon reports that the spirits of Mary English, Bridget Bishop and Giles Corey appeared to her. Bridget Bishop's trial begins, and she is found guilty.
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Bridget Bishop is hung.
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Twelve ministers of the colony advise the courts not to rely on spectral evidence in cases of witchcraft accusations.
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The cases of Sarah Good, Sarah Wilds, Elizabeth Howe, Susannah Martin and Rebecca Nurse are heard by the court
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Sarah Good, Elizabeth Howe, Sarah Wilds, Susannah Martin and Rebecca Nurse are hung on Gallows Hill.
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Fearing they aren't receiving a fair trial, John Proctor and the other prisoners write a letter to the Reverends.
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George Burroughs, John Proctor, George Jacobs Sr., John Willard and Martha Carrier are hung.
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Six citizens are accused, tried, and condemned on witchcraft accusations.
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Giles Corey refuses to stand trial, so the Court orders the sheriff to pile rocks on him.
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Giles Corey is pressed to death.
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Martha Corey, Mary Easty, Alice Parker, Ann Pudeator, Margaret Scott, Wilmot Reed, Samuel Wardwell and Mary Parker are hung.
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Reverend Increase Mather visits the Salem jail and finds that several confessors wish to renounce their earlier testimonies.
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Governor Phips dissolves the Court.
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A Superior Court is created to try the remaining citizens accused of witchcraft. William Stoughton, Samuel Sewall, John Richards, Wait Still Winthrop and Thomas Danford are its members. Spectral evidence and testimonies isn't relied upon in the remaining
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Governor Phips pardons all remaining citizens accused of witchcraft during this month.
