What caused the Salem Witch Trial Hysteria of

Bell-ringer Answer the following question on the front of your packet: Do you believe

Using SPICEE to classify documents In your notes, write down the SPICEE categories. Use

Classifying the Documents ● Document 1: quote from the Bible—which talks about witches--so Puritans

Classifying the Documents (cont. ) ● Document 5: accused were mostly female, married, older

Classifying the Documents (cont. ) ● Document 6: court record; questioning an accused woman;

Classifying the Documents (cont. ) ● Document 8: believed that Tituba did have some

Practice Thesis Statement The Salem Witch Trial Hysteria of 1692 was caused by a

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“What caused the Salem Witch Trial Hysteria of 1692? ”

Bell-ringer Answer the following question on the front of your packet: Do you believe in God, the devil, ghosts, witches, and zombies?

Using SPICEE to classify documents In your notes, write down the SPICEE categories. Use the categories to classify each of the documents. (Note: some documents may have MORE than one category. )

Classifying the Documents ● Document 1: quote from the Bible—which talks about witches--so Puritans believed they existed (and should be killed); cultural ● Document 2: court records listing the executed; most of those killed were women; some men also killed; political/social ● Document 3: quote from Cotton Mather—a preacher; ministers preached about witches as existing; cultural

Classifying the Documents (cont. ) ● Document 5: accused were mostly female, married, older (41+), widowed (husbands had died); accusers were mostly young and single; done out of jealousy? ; social/political ● Document 4: painting of Salem trial; accused witches were examined in a courtroom by mostly men; women testified; political/social

Classifying the Documents (cont. ) ● Document 6: court record; questioning an accused woman; her movements seem to affect younger women in court; political ● Document 7: author claims the accusers were lying and “acting” about being affected—but they enjoyed the attention; social

Classifying the Documents (cont. ) ● Document 8: believed that Tituba did have some effect on the girls--and their “convulsions” were real (because they felt witches lived among them); social/cultural ● Document 9: the accusers lived farther away from the accused; defenders of the accused lived close by (they knew them well); environmental/social

Practice Thesis Statement The Salem Witch Trial Hysteria of 1692 was caused by a cultural belief in witches by the Christian Puritans, and social factors such as the young, unmarried women of Salem accused the married or widowed older women because they were jealous of their status in society. They created a political solution of putting accused witches on trial and executing those found guilty.