Chapter 4 - The Puritan Lifestyle & The Salem Witch Trials

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Chapter 4 - The Puritan Lifestyle & The Salem Witch Trials

Last updated over 1 year ago

12 questions

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This section asks you to compare and contrast the different colonial regions, which can get confusing. Check out this helpful rap as a refresher!

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Which piece of evidence best supports the answer to the question above?

Fun Fact: The hit movie "Easy A" was based on Nathaniel Hawthern's 1850 novel, "The Scarlet Letter," which shows you how Puritan values still influence our society today!

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Analyze this primary source painting from the 1600s. In what ways do you see the hysteria of the Salem Witch Trials depicted? Circle at least three examples in your answer.

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The author uses the phrase "presently they were all tormented" mainly to emphasize that what kind of evidence was accepted in court?

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Sarah Good's husband supported her throughout the trial.

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After reading the primary source, respond to the following prompt in at least three complete sentences:

On what grounds did the Puritans find Sarah Good guilty of witchcraft?

Provide at least one piece of evidence to support your claim, and make sure to explain them thoroughly.

Helpful sentence starters:

Claim: "The Puritans found Sarah Good guilty of witchcraft because ....." (write the grounds for which she was convicted here)

Evidence: In the transcript, "insert quote here" (Cheever, 1691-1692)

Reasoning: "This quote demonstrates that..." (explain here how the quote you chose supports/strengthens your claim)

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Review: The Puritans settled in the New England colonies, such as Massachusetts Bay Colony, in order to 

This section asks you to compare and contrast the different colonial regions, which can get confusing. Check out this helpful rap as a refresher!

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As used in the first sentence, "benignly" most likely means

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In contrast with Southern women, New England (Puritan) women

Which piece of evidence best supports the answer to the question above?

Fun Fact: The hit movie "Easy A" was based on Nathaniel Hawthern's 1850 novel, "The Scarlet Letter," which shows you how Puritan values still influence our society today!

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It can be most reasonably inferred that Thomas Jefferson believed the New England town meeting was

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As used in the first sentence of this section, "plagued" most nearly means

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The passage indicates that New England's climate

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Analyze this primary source painting from the 1600s. In what ways do you see the hysteria of the Salem Witch Trials depicted? Circle at least three examples in your answer.

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Sarah Good was accused of

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The author uses the phrase "presently they were all tormented" mainly to emphasize that what kind of evidence was accepted in court?

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Sarah Good's husband supported her throughout the trial.

After reading the primary source, respond to the following prompt in at least three complete sentences:

On what grounds did the Puritans find Sarah Good guilty of witchcraft?

Provide at least one piece of evidence to support your claim, and make sure to explain them thoroughly.

Helpful sentence starters:

Claim: "The Puritans found Sarah Good guilty of witchcraft because ....." (write the grounds for which she was convicted here)

Evidence: In the transcript, "insert quote here" (Cheever, 1691-1692)

Reasoning: "This quote demonstrates that..." (explain here how the quote you chose supports/strengthens your claim)