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In the town of Salem, the townspeople are 

very religious. They call themselves the 

Puritans and they only wear certain 

clothes.

Then one day, a few young girls in the town start 

acting funny. They are caught telling fortunes with 

a crystal ball.

When the girls were caught, Cotton Mathers, a 

respected writer, assumes that the cause of this 

occurrence must be witchcraft. So he questioned 

the children.

The girls clarify that witches are making 

them do this so they avoid punishment.

At this the townspeople become paranoid. 

And they freak out! However the governor, 

William Phipps, doesn't calm them down. 

Instead he and everyone else believe the 

children.

So the townspeople, without thinking, 

decide to get rid of the witches! So they 

get Reverend Paris, the village minister, to 

investigate. 

Then the girls start naming names, and falsely 

accuse innocent people they just don't like. 

After this, the named people are tried and 

wrongly accused. This is because if they 

plead they aren't witches, they aren't 

believed. But if they say they are witches,. 

they are persecuted! 

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