Name: Witch Trials Test

Part One (20 points) While all of these individuals were accused, not all were actually imprisoned or executed.

Check the boxes of the names of the 20 people who were executed

Part 2 (40 points) Identify each executed person with the fact.

1. She was the first person brought to trial and executed

2. He was pressed to death

3. He was a preacher from Wells, Maine who was brought to Salem, tried and hanged.

4. Her father's estate became entangled in litigation leaving her in poverty.

5. The jury first returned a "not guilty" verdict for this person, but was told to reconsider, and then brought in a verdict of "guilty."

6. John Best, Sr. accused this person of having murdered his wife, whom the person had served as a nurse.

7. Calling her a "rampant hag" and the "Queen of Hell," the Reverend Cotton Mather harbored no doubts that this person deserved to be executed as a witch.

8. Sister to Rebecca Nurse, her case gives insight into the workings of the trials, and her eloquent and legally astute petitions have been said to help bring them to an end.

9. This person was born on May 16, 1643 to a modest Quaker family in Boston. He studied carpentry and moved to Andover, Massachusetts in 1672 to find work. There he married his second wife, Sarah Hawkes, a wealthy widow with whom he had seven children.

10. This person, a farmer from Salem, was accused by Mary Warren of being a witch after his wife was imprisoned on the same charge.

Part 3 (40 points) In chronological order, name the accused and the date of their execution.

Name of Accused
Date Executed
1. 2.
3. 4.
5. 6.
7. 8.
9. 10.
11. 12.
13. 14.
15. 16.
17. 18.
19. 20.
21. 22.
23. 24.
25. 26.
27. 28.
29. 30.
31. 32.
33. 34.
35. 36.
37. 38.
39. 40.