https://padlet.com/kirby_jacob/skcbbivo7jqv Salem Witch Trials en-us 2016-11-01 18:55:48 UTC 2016-11-02 19:04:37 UTC hello@padlet.com kirby_jacob https://padlet.com/kirby_jacob/skcbbivo7jqv/wish/134600589 By: Jacob Kirby]]> 2016-11-01 18:56:42 UTC https://padlet.com/kirby_jacob/skcbbivo7jqv/wish/134600589 kirby_jacob https://padlet.com/kirby_jacob/skcbbivo7jqv/wish/134600927 Salem Witch Trials started in the summer of 1692, the first victims of being possessed of the Devil and accused were local women ]]> 2016-11-01 18:57:50 UTC https://padlet.com/kirby_jacob/skcbbivo7jqv/wish/134600927 kirby_jacob https://padlet.com/kirby_jacob/skcbbivo7jqv/wish/134604241 The first women to be accused of witchcraft was Bridget Bishop. Bridget was hanged the June. 18 others followed Bishop to Salem's Gallows Hill. While 150 men, women and children were accused over the next several months. ]]> 2016-11-01 19:07:28 UTC https://padlet.com/kirby_jacob/skcbbivo7jqv/wish/134604241 kirby_jacob https://padlet.com/kirby_jacob/skcbbivo7jqv/wish/134605549 People didn't view witchcraft very good, about 200 people were accused of practicing witchcraft. The Governor of the Colony, upon hearing that his wife was accused of witchcraft ordered an end to the trial, However 20 people and 2 dogs were executed for this crime is Salem.]]> 2016-11-01 19:11:01 UTC https://padlet.com/kirby_jacob/skcbbivo7jqv/wish/134605549 kirby_jacob https://padlet.com/kirby_jacob/skcbbivo7jqv/wish/134606180 When people were possessed with the Devil or Witchcraft they usually barked like dogs and would dance strange in woods. This behavior hardly becoming of virtuous Teenage Maidens. ]]> 2016-11-01 19:12:56 UTC https://padlet.com/kirby_jacob/skcbbivo7jqv/wish/134606180 kirby_jacob https://padlet.com/kirby_jacob/skcbbivo7jqv/wish/134845670 Evidence admitted in such trials was was of five types. First they would be asked to pass a test, like reciting the Lords Prayer. Second, Physical Evidence any Birthmarks, warts, moles or other blemishes were seen as a portal that Satan could enter the Body.]]> 2016-11-02 16:34:31 UTC https://padlet.com/kirby_jacob/skcbbivo7jqv/wish/134845670 kirby_jacob https://padlet.com/kirby_jacob/skcbbivo7jqv/wish/134847334 Witness Testimony was the third consideration. Anyone who could attribute their misfortune to the Sorcery of an accused person might help get a conviction.
Fourth was spectral evidence. Puritans believed the Satan couldn't take the form of an unwilling person. Therefore if anybody saw a ghost or a spirit they must be a witch.]]> 2016-11-02 16:38:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kirby_jacob/skcbbivo7jqv/wish/134847334 kirby_jacob https://padlet.com/kirby_jacob/skcbbivo7jqv/wish/134852416 2016-11-02 16:49:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kirby_jacob/skcbbivo7jqv/wish/134852416 kirby_jacob https://padlet.com/kirby_jacob/skcbbivo7jqv/wish/134853480 2016-11-02 16:52:28 UTC https://padlet.com/kirby_jacob/skcbbivo7jqv/wish/134853480