Salem Witch Trials WebQuest

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what year did the salem witch trials occur?

1692

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what event started the whole problem?

a small girl felt sick and was having "fitts"

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describe the symptoms of the girls fits

convulsions, contortions, outbursts of gibberish

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how many innocent people died?

25

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who was the adversary of the puritans?

the devil

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to which animal is this adversary compared?

a lion

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what were the two parts that salem was divided into?

a prosperous town, a farming village

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what did the villagers establish in 1689?

their own church

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who was chosen as minister of the new church?

reverend samuel parris

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when they got tired of his rigid ways and demands for money, what does the town vow to do to the reverend?

drive him out

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what was the reverend parris' daughters name? who was her cousin?

betty, abigail williams

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what do the girls like to do for fun? what did they like to listen to?

listen to Tiuba tell tales

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what strange thing happened in 1692 that horrified doctors and ministers?

betty started having "fitts"

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who did the puritan people blame it on?

the supernatural - witches, they thought the woman they were hanging around were witches

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what did the girls do to avoid getting in trouble?

they claimed innosence

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what does tiuba say in her confession?

the devil came to her, there are many more undiscovered witches

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what does the town now go in search of?

finding witches

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how do those who confess to being witches differ from those who maintain their innocence?

people who confess seem to be surviving and protecting oneself while innocent people have extreme steadfast faith in their own innocence

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what does this allow "confessed witches" to do?

blame people from being witches

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who put an end to the salem witch trials?

william phips

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what does phips do with the accused people accused of witchcraft who are awaiting trial in jail?

let them go as long as they could pay their jail bills

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who is reverend parris' successor? how does he help heal the wounds of the trials?

reverend joseph green, he seated foes beside one another in the court

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how did Massachusetts try to fix the damage done by the trials?

day of atonement, bill to restore rights and good names

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how did Salem and Danvers try to fix the damage done by the trials?

they dedicated memorials

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Tituba

Slave who kept house for Reverend Parris; accused of being a witch

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Samuel Parris

Minister; remained controversial; accuser

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Ann Putnam

Close friend of afflicted girl; accuser

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Abigail Williams

Parris' niece; witness

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Mary Warren

Servant; accuser

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Bridget Bishop

Outcast; former Puritan; accused of witchcraft

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Martha Corey

Only accused witch to be found not guilty

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Rebecca Nurse

executed for witchcraft

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Giles Corey

Defendant torched to death refusing to enter plea at his trial

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Where in relation to boston is salem located

14 miles away

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Why might the Puritans have chosen to settle in Salem

Location to the Atlantic Ocean

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What are some examples of how salem capitalizes on an promotes its history

preserved all of the original trials; Salem Village Witchcraft Memorial

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What is Salem's nickname

Witch City or City of Peace