Salem Witch Trials

4. Most historians agree these people were truly this
6. Evidence Testimony that the spirit or specter of the accused was seen committing witchcraft
9. Local judges who conducted the early hearings
11. Williams One of the first girls to claim she was afflicted by witches
12. Proctor Woman accused of witchcraft whose husband was also arrested
13. One of the girls whose accusations helped fuel the trials
14. Punishment given to those found guilty of witchcraft
17. The Massachusetts town where the witch trials took place in 1692
18. The widespread panic and fear that spread through Salem
19. Servant in the Proctor household who was accused and then became an accuser
22. Famous play by Arthur Miller inspired by the Salem Witch Trials
23. Those charged with practicing witchcraft
24. Title held by Samuel Parris, the minister at the center of events

1. The last name of the minister whose daughter and niece sparked the accusations
2. Belief in supernatural causes that influenced the trials
3. Some accused people gave this to avoid execution
5. Minister and author who supported the trials
7. The religious group that settled Salem and valued strict moral behavior
8. An enslaved woman from the Caribbean who was one of the first accused
10. The colony where the Salem Witch Trials took place
15. The place where many executions by hanging took place
16. Farmer who spoke out against the trials and was executed
20. Man who refused to enter a plea and was pressed to death with stones
21. The crime many colonists were accused of practicing