Salem Witch Trials by Parker Bolek https://padlet.com/99017591/ym5eji7vfxhp Made with the help of a typing monkey en-us 2017-11-09 19:09:29 UTC 2026-02-04 20:45:30 UTC hello@padlet.com Executing Witches 99017591 https://padlet.com/99017591/ym5eji7vfxhp/wish/205460965 In Salem, many locals were searching for ways to find witches and seperate those from natural, to supernatural. Once they made their decision, they would execute. The most common way for execution was that of gallows. There was one place named "Gallows Hill" where the hanging of some of these witches were hung in front of a crowd.
"There they experienced abusive treatment from the crowd and the executioner. They were followed by an enormous group of spectators who taunted and threw things at them."
The crowds weren't as kind as you'd expect. Once the witches would make their way to the hill, they would then have that circle of rope put around their neck and let them drop. Being hung to death is horrible way to go.
"Hanging was a slow and agonizing way to die: once the crate was kicked out of the way, the victim would drop and thrash in agony for several minutes. If a victim's neck did not break during the fall she would be suffocated and remain conscious for several minutes prior to death. In a few cases the hanging was unsuccessful and Noyes (The Executioner) had to start the torturous process over again."
The witch trials were not a good time in the U.S. Many horrible things and events happened there, it was truly a frightening time.

"Salem Witch Trials and Executions." Witchcraft in America, edited by Peggy Saari and Elizabeth Shaw, vol. 1, UXL, 2001, pp. 45-68. U.S. History in Context, link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/CX3426600014/UHIC?u=stev76221&xid=68398e5b. Accessed 9 Nov. 2017.]]> 2017-11-09 19:17:38 UTC https://padlet.com/99017591/ym5eji7vfxhp/wish/205460965 Where were the Witch Trials occurring 99016355 https://padlet.com/99017591/ym5eji7vfxhp/wish/205461055 The Salem Witch Trials not only occurred in the Salem Village but occurred all over New England. They began in the Salem Village then spread throughout 25 villages or cities throughout the east coast. Spreading from Boston to Maine. They were not all involved at the same time, but there was distinctive patterns in where they were going next or what they were looking for. It became known as the Salem Witch trials because they began in Salem Village.
-"The Duckingstool by Charles Stanley Reinhart." Gale U.S. History in Context, Gale, 2010. U.S. History in Context, link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/PC4295827986/UHIC?u=stev76221&xid=b767eb8e. Accessed 9 Nov. 2017.

-Latner, Richard. "The long and short of Salem witchcraft: chronology and collective violence in 1692." Journal of Social History, vol. 42, no. 1, 2008, p. 137+. U.S. History in Context, link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A191690525/UHIC?u=stev76221&xid=f7e08476. Accessed 9 Nov. 2017.

]]> 2017-11-09 19:17:48 UTC https://padlet.com/99017591/ym5eji7vfxhp/wish/205461055 Evidence against the witches 99015652 https://padlet.com/99017591/ym5eji7vfxhp/wish/205463442 Which hunters had many techniques to find evidence that people were witches. There is simple ways to convict someone and more complex, it can be as easy as if 2 people suspect someone performing witch craft they are automatically convicted. Evidence can get weird too like if someone swims a lot or is near the water a lot they may be convicted. Witches also sink in water that is another test that has been with convicts that have been executed. Not a lot of thought was put into the evidence or reasoning of there convictions. Because of that many innocent people were killed.

Miller, Laura M. "Evidence Used Against Witches (1693, by Increase Mather)." Dictionary of American History, edited by Stanley I. Kutler, 3rd ed., vol. 9, Charles Scribner's Sons, 2003, pp. 93-95. U.S. History in Context, link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/CX3401804688/UHIC?u=stev76221&xid=0283194a. Accessed 9 Nov. 2017.]]> 2017-11-09 19:21:47 UTC https://padlet.com/99017591/ym5eji7vfxhp/wish/205463442