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This is a smart chart about the events that happened during the Salem Witch Trials, and important names and there hanging or pressing dates.

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This file contains our answers to the 4 questions asked of us.

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This picture is the most important picture, this is Tituba; one of the first accused in the Salem Witch Trials, and the one that started the trails. Tituba was a slave working for Reverend Paris. His daughter, Elizabeth, was very ill, and was told by many doctors that the illness was caused by the “Devil” and “Witchcraft”. Once many girls had fallen to this “illness: they were caught one day in church talking during the service, and no one would do that but the devil. The girls then accused 3 people, Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne and Tituba, for putting a spell on them. You can say they were almost in control in Salem because they then went on to
accuse many more innocent people. This is how the Salem Witch Trials Began.

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This picture show one of the tests that they would use on an accused for witchcraft. This picture shows women, tied up, and hands to feet with rocks. The will then put her in the water and if she floats or escapes from the rocks then she is a witch, but if she doesn’t, she will drown and is not a witch. The picture is relevant to the Salem witch trials because, this is just one of the many theories they had on how to test for witch craft. Unfortunately this is the test they used the most, so many innocent accused women died.

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Cheryl asks "How is Monty Python" relivent?

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Cheryl asks "How is Monty Python" relivent?

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I really liked this picture. I thought I was interesting to how popular culture handles the idea of witches. Although this is the Movie Monty Python: Quest for the Holy Grail it still shows how unrealistic people can be. They just wanted to see a witch so they put the “nose” on her and dressed her like a witch.

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Andrew also found this website that shows the 10 guilt Tests, very cool!...

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Andrew also found this website that shows the 10 guilt Tests, very cool!...

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This is links relevant to the Salem Witch Trials because it explains how to test for witch craft. Back then they believe there was certain test you could perform on any one accused to see if they were a “Witch”. The most famous test is the floating test. They would tie the accused up and then tie rocks to their feet and hands. If they floated they were a witch and then burnt at the stake, but if they drowned then there were innocent. Either way, the accused was in trouble.

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Rhetoric is only as potent as its source material - this is why any allusion to the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 is so effective. What comes immediately to mind is the hideous and completely unfound legal proceedings - based mostly on superstition, irrational paranoia, Puritanism-fueled mass hysteria, and deception-which resulted in 19 wrongful executions, each one hanged, burned, or drowned for some ill-fated finger-pointing. The imagery evoked is just as barbaric and painful as the means by which these accused "witches" were tried and ultimately "proven" guilty. (In actuality, most of the "afflicted" were just suffering from some mental illness medical science hadn't quite caught up to at the time, "evil" being amongst the worst know epidemics.) Here are ten ways their verdict was ascertained:

In this voodoo-inspired test, the ingredients of said cake were rye meal... and urine from the girls said to be afflicted by the witch's evil incantations. The test had dogs eat this cake, after which the alleged witch should scream out in pain - for in the process of her cursing the victims, she sent invisible particles of herself (the embodiment of pure evil, that is), which would show up in the urine. The cake, then, was effectively a voodoo doll of herself in a way. This superstition came from the Cartesian "Doctrine of Effluvia," which logically was prescribed as a document of medical fact.

This type of evidence is based on claims by accusers that they would see the individual accused of witchcraft in dreams or visions doing the Devil's bidding. The argument against this was that the Devil could take any shape, while the counter-argument was that the Devil could not inhabit an individual's body without their permission. This form of evidence was somehow enough to convict several accused during the time it was deemed plausible. (When it was later thrown out, the conviction rate decline severely and hastened the trials' conclusion.)

Some witnesses would confess to actually seeing the alleged witches practicing their black magic, which was enough to tattoo guilt all over them. Of course there was nothing to stop accusers of making up stories just to see people they disliked or deemed strange taken away. Many accusations stemmed from the belief that a death or illness had been caused by witchcraft, which upon filing with a magistrate and being deemed credible would lead to an arrest. On the charge of "affliction with witchcraft" or "entering a covenant with the devil."

If you've ever heard the expression "cold as a witch's teat," now you know the origin: the aforementioned teat corresponded to any kind of mole or unusual skin blemish which all witches (and frankly most humans) are characterized to have. The test was that this teat would be pricked with a needle, and if the recipient didn't bleed or feel it, then surely there was a witch in our midst. Often times, however, needles would be purposefully blunted so it would be easier to demonstrate just how "cold and unfeeling" this teat really is.

Sought after in the accused home were any artifacts corresponding to witchcraft that could be used as evidence for condemnation. These included poppets (a voodoo doll of sorts through which spells could be cast), cauldrons full of ointments, and books on palm reading and horoscopes. Also having flying broomsticks, talking black cats, and pointy hats would be instant red flags (at least in the Harry Potter universe).

This was a literal test of faith. The accused would be made to recite the "Lord's Prayer" without error - this included any stumbling, stammering, or outright spasming. As elocution is a painstaking art, it seems that any average human would slip up, but under "God's eyes" (as well as whoever else sees themselves fit to judge) mistakes are unacceptable. As far as fits go, try forcing someone who may be mentally-retarded or hysterical (medically-speaking) or hallucinating from LSD-fungus-covered rye bread (another suspect of these ubiquitous "fits") to read from the bible with absolute level-headedness.

This test is all about the performance. If an afflicted person - throwing fits and the like - suddenly becomes calm after the accused places their hand on him/her, then the toucher is most certainly a witch. This is said to be because all the "venom" and assorted evil toxins (stemming from the witch's eye) that originally addled the afflicted soul have returned to their evil host.

Those who didn't admit to being a witch and under heavy suspicion were usually induced to confess by way of torture. One method was dunking, in which the accused would be held under water repeatedly until they were successfully broken down. This is also an effective means to brainwash someone into believing a lie, anything to make the inhumanity cease.

Another means of torture designed to make the accuser talk, but made it impossible for them to talk, much less breathe. Called "pressing," the subject is placed beneath heavy stones, meant to literally crush you into submission. One such recipient endured this very treatment, an 80 year-old man named Giles Corey accused of being a warlock (yes men could be accused as well). He refused to give a plea each of the several times he was asked, and was ultimately crushed to death by the stones, which, as it turned out, were more likely to speak than he was.

There was no favorable result in this test; essentially the alleged witch would be bound at the hands and feet - with heavy rocked attached - and thrown into a body of water. If the body floated to the surface, that was proof, along some kind of whimsical lines, that the accused was indeed a witch (at which point they'd execute her by some other means). If she sank to the bottom - and inevitably drowned - she was innocent. Given that none of these girls had received any proper Navy Seals training - inhale, hold your breath, don't panic - about 100% of them drowned, with apathetic standers-by shrugging it off, thinking 'Oh well. Now we know."

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10 Tests For Guilt at the Salem Witch Trials - Listverse

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Rhetoric is only as potent as its source material; this is why any allusion to the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 is so effective. What comes immediately to mind is the hideous and completely unfound legal proceedings--based mostly on superstition, irrational paranoia, Puritanism-fueled mass hysteria, and deception--which resulted in 19 wrongful executions, each one hanged, burned, or drowned for some ill-fated finger-pointing.

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Andrew found this Website has all the NAMES if you are interested....

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Andrew found this Website has all the NAMES if you are interested....

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This link is very relevant to your topic on the Salem Witch Trials<br>because it explain in details how the whole thing went down. How it started, reasons behind it. And most importantly names of the accused. The names are say how they were killed for being accused of witched craft. Has a map of Salem in 1692, some arrest warrants and historical information on the trials.

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Salem Witchcraft Trials: List of Dead and Death Warrant

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This is a very Fun and Interesting website, Cheryl Found....

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This is a very Fun and Interesting website, Cheryl Found....

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This is very relevant to our research due to the fact that has done lots of research to our topic. Giving important date and names. It gives the reader choices to do what they think is right. If the audience chooses to go through with the witch trials it gives actual accounts to have the reader feel as though they were actually there. I really enjoyed this site because it had me making choices that I got to choose how I respond to the situation.

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This video is very important to your
research. This is the movie called “The Crucible”, passed of a play and book. This movie uses real names from the accused in 1962. Explains how the trails started and what went down during these trials. Who the accused are and how it
affected everyone in the town.

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This video what very helpful in our research because, this was straight from history channel. This was very informative with names and years. It was great that it gives maps and real historians views and points. It was easy to follow and very interesting to watch. 

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This video I found very interesting because it tried to explain why the woman would have been acting the way they were. It goes to explain that they  what they were eating may have contained a bacteria that may have caused them to have delusions, and etc.