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Trial of Martha C.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What were the religious people called during the Salem Witch Trials? | Puritans. |
| The Puritans were deeply... | Religious. -Their faith dictated their daily actions. -They wanted to make their religious practices common to the whole nations. |
| Who was Anne Bradstreet? | Known as the first American poet. -Poetry showcased some of her disagreements with some Puritan beliefs: that women must serve their husbands and that people should only focus on the afterlife and not enjoy earthly pleasures. |
| What is the belief of predestination? | Belief that God has already chosen his people. -Had very rigid rules and would judge others. |
| What did the Puritans wear? | Very plain clothing, no colors or flash. |
| True or false: the Puritans were very hard workers. | True. |
| Give an early description of Cotton Mather. | 1663-1708. -Born to a minister and the president of Harvard -Went to Harvard at 12 and graduated at 18 -Went into the clergy after overcoming a terrible speech impediment. |
| What was Cotton Mather's most popular book about? | Published a book detailing the possession of the children of the Goodwin family- took in their 13 y.o. old daughter to conduct further studies. |
| What was the second most popular Cotton Matther book? | Published another book encouraging humanitarian acts. -Encourages schoolmasters to reward instead of punish students -He established societies for community projects. |
| Cotton Mather claimed that New England was.... | A battle ground against Satan (might have influenced the accusations in Salem). |
| What were the issues with Mather's writings about the Salem Witch Trial? | They are often seen as contradictory. Some even say he was coerced by the populace of Salem to condone some of the guilty verdicts. |
| Who was Martha Carrier? | 1st person to be accused of witchcraft- 1692. -She was outspoken and was known to argue with neighbors. |
| Why was Martha Carrier accused? | People around her were dying of the Small Pox outbreak (1690), but none of her immediate family died. |
| What was the evidence against Martha Carrier? | -Cursed a man who then got sores and swelling feet. -Young girl saw a dark specter (ghost) and said she heard Martha’s voice. -Her children were brought in and tortured until they confessed. |
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