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Bewitched
Nine-year-old Elizabeth Parris and eleven-year-old Abigail Williams began to exhibit strange behavior, such as blasphemous screaming, convulsive seizures, trance-like states and mysterious spells. Within a short time, several other Salem girls began to demonstrate similar behavior. -
Bitwithed
Girls exoerenced screaming, barking like dogs and flapping their arms like chickens at church -
Satan is in control
Unable to determine any physical cause for the symptoms and dreadful behavior, physicians concluded that the girls were under the influence of Satan. -
Witches Revealved
Tituba, Sarah Good, and Sarah Osburne were accused of witchcraft because they we social outcast. One was a slave from the Carribean, a begger, and a sickly old lady who married her servant. -
Claimed a wtich
Mary Corey is accused of witchcraft -
Denouced Witch
Rebecca Nurse was denouced a witch. -
Examined
Martha Corey was examined before Magistrates Hathorne and Corwin. -
Examined
Rebecca Nurse was examined before Magistrates Hathorne and Corwin. -
Denouced a Witch
Elizabeth Proctor was denounced as a witch. -
Witchcraft
Sarah Cloyce, Rebecca Nurse's sister, was accused of witchcraft. -
Examined
Elizabeth Proctor and Sarah Cloyce were examined before Hathorne, Corwin, Deputy Governor Thomas Danforth, and Captain Samuel Sewall. During this examination, John Proctor was also accused and imprisoned. -
Confessing
Abigail Hobbs, Bridget Bishop, Giles Corey, and Mary Warren were examined. Only Abigail Hobbs confessed. -
Charged
Nehemiah Abbott, William and Deliverance Hobbs, Edward and Sarah Bishop, Mary Easty, Mary Black, Sarah Wildes, and Mary English were examined before Hathorne and Corwin. Only Nehemiah Abbott was cleared of charges. -
Examined
Sarah Morey, Lydia Dustin, Susannah Martin, and Dorcas Hoar were examined by Hathorne and Corwin. -
Arrested
George Burroughs was arrested in Wells, Maine. -
More Examining
Burroughs was examined by Hathorne, Corwin, Sewall, and William Stoughton. One of the afflicted girls, Sarah Churchill, was also examined. -
Confessing
George Jacobs, Sr. and his granddaughter Margaret were examined before Hathorne and Corwin. Margaret confessed and testified that her grandfather and George Burroughs were both witches. Sarah Osborne died in prison in Boston. -
New Governer
Increase Mather returned from England, bringing with him a new charter and the new governor, Sir William Phips. -
Released
Mary Easty was released from prison. Yet, due to the outcries and protests of her accusers, she was arrested a second time. -
Trails Begin
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First to Go
1st victom was hung in Gallow Hills. Bridget Bishop. -
Gallow Hills Death
Sarah Good, Elizabeth Howe, Susanna Martin, Rebecca Nurse, and Sara Wild died. -
Died in Jail
Sarah Osburne, Roger Toothaker, Ann Foster, and Lydia Dustin. -
Gallow Hill Deaths
George Burroughs, Martha Carrier, George Jacobs, John Proctor, John Willard. -
Pressed to Death
Giles Cory was pressed to death underneath rocks because he refused to go on trail for witchcraft. -
Confessing
Dorcas Hoar was the first of those pleading innocent to confess. Her execution was delayed. -
Hanging
Martha Corey, Margaret Scott, Mary Easty, Alice Parker, Ann Pudeator, Wilmott Redd, Samuel Wardwell, and Mary Parker were hanged. -
Gallow Hills Death
Martha Corey, Mary Easty, Alice Parker, Mary Parker, Ann Pudeater, Margaret Scott, Wilmot Reed, and Samuel Wardwell hung to death. -
Letter to the People
After 20 people had been executed in the Salem witch hunt, Thomas Brattle wrote a letter criticizing the witchcraft trials. This letter had great impact on Governor Phips, who ordered that reliance on spectral and intangible evidence no longer be allowed in trials. -
Dissloved the Cpurt
Governor Phips dissolved the Court of Oyer and Terminer. -
The End of the Trails
The General Court of the colony created the Superior Court to try the remaining witchcraft cases which took place in May, 1693. This time no one was convicted.