CASE STUDY - SWH Story Flashcards
How did Elizabeth Parris (daughter of Samuel Parris) and her cousin, Abigail Williams lead to accusations?
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Experimented with fortune telling, using a venus glass & egg whites.
A month later, they ‘lost control’ & had fits & screamed. Parris called doctor who said it was due to witchcraft.
Tituba makes witches’ cake for dog to eat & scare demon away. Failed so Parris filed charges & she confessed & accused others.
Who is Samuel Parris?
An important Salem Village Puritan minister.
Who was Tituba?
Parris’ house servant
What did the witches’ cake that Tituba was told to make by a neighbour consist of?
Flour & urine etc
What do Historians believe resulted the girls having ‘fits’? RC
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Stifled Puritan upbringing.
Hallucinations caused by ergot - not popular theory as they had fits at the same time.
Indian attacks resulted in trauma due to loss of family members.
What is the name of the local doctor that inspected Abigail and Elizabeth and stated witchcraft was to blame?
William Griggs
What are the name of 3 of the people the fits supposedly spread to after Elizabeth and Abigail?
Give a fact about each person.
Ann Putnam - friends of girls.
Mary Walcott - one of 1st to suffer fits.
Elizabeth Hubbard - testified against 29 people by end of trials.
Other than Tituba, what are the names of 3 people accused?
Give a fact about each.
Sarah Good - outcast & family testified against her.
Sarah Osborne - high social rank but deviated from norms by living with Irish indentured servant.
Reverend George Burroughs - borrowed money from Putnams that he couldn’t pay back.
