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A Law Is Passed
The English Parliment makes Witchcraft a capital crime. -
The Punishment
Parliment takes their peoples charters away as punishment for trying to be independent . A charter guarantees land titles. -
The Governor Is Arrested
Governor Sir Edmund Andros is imprisoned in Castle William Dungeon for harsh taxes and taking peoples' land titles. -
The Circle Is Formed
The girls of Salem forms their circle. The people in the first, orignal circle were Mary Walcott, Elizabeth Booth, Susannah Sheldon, Betty Parris, and Abigail Williams. -
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The Birth
The Putnams had four girls and one boy since 1692. -
The Mayhem Starts
The girls in the circle begin to start pretending to be afflicted. -
Tituba
Tibuta has a arrest warrant issued against her. -
Jail
Sarah Osbourne and Sarah Good are taken to jail with Tituba. -
Rebecca Nurse
Rebecca Nurse is accused of witchcraft as well as Martha Cory. -
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Mary Warren
Mary Warren tries to confess but ends up joining the afflicted girls once again. -
Phillip English Returns
Phillip English visits Susanna and Mary at the Putnams. -
Court of Oyer and Terminer
The first session of Court of Oyer and Terminer sat in Salem. -
The First Hanging
Bridget Bishop is the first to be hung. -
The Meeting In Boston
Twelve ministers gathered in Boston and made the accusations of the shapes of people visiting the afflicted weigh less tha before -
Trying It Again
The court sat once again. On that day Rebecca Nurse, Elizabeth How, Sarah Good, Sarah Wild, and Susanna Martin were tried, They were all sentencd to be hung. -
The Accused Are Hung
Those who were accused on June 28th were all hung. -
On Gallows Hill
Susanna meets up with Jonathan under the tree at Gallows Hill to meet Mary Bradbury, a woman accused of witchcraft. -
Pike Arrives
In August, Reverend Richard Pike of Salisbury arrives at the Putnams and writes in a letter what Susanna English knows. -
Another Hanging
George Jacobs, Martha Carrier, George Burroughs, John Procter, and John Willard were hung. -
The Pressing
Giles Cory was taken into an open field and pressed to death by placing a board ontop of him, They kept piling stones ontop of the board until he died. He could have confessed but he wanted the rest of his family to keep their house and possessions. -
Susanna Tells Her Story Once Again
Susanna told Thomas Brattle her story and he writes in a letter. -
Copies Everywhere
The copies of Thomas Brattle's letter is passed around. -
The Return
William English returns home and Governor Phips dissolved the Court of Oyer and Terminer, childen were released from jail as well as the adults put in to jail based on only spectral evidence. 150 still remained in jail. -
The Superior
The General Court creates The Superior to hear the rest of the witchcraft cases. -
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Staying With The Putnams
Susanna stays with the Putnams over the winter, while her brother William stays in her shambled house. -
The Release
Governor Phips releases the remaining people in prison. -
They Come Back
Susanna English's parents came home. -
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Death
Mary English, Susanna's mother, died of consumption, or tuberculosis, the winter of 1693-1694. -
The Voyage
William English takes Susanna English to Guadeloupe in the summer on his boat. -
Marriage
Susanna English gets married to Jonathan.
