Brought a colonial charter stating the colony was possession of the crown
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Charles II
Concerned with extending royal influence over colonies by centralising control in the hands of the royal court
Attempted to revoke the royal charter and consolidate all New England colonies into one to centralise control
Died 1685
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Sir Edmund Andros
Governed New England colonies
Had high church tendencies and was unwilling to include well-established local puritans on council making him unpopular
Introduced new taxes
Tried to implement Church of England services in Puritan churches as per Charles wish
Declared land ownership titles void
Restricted town meetings
Andros had messenger of glorious revolution arrested
Andros arrested 18 April 1689
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William of Orange
Brought a force against James
Declared in January 1689 he would rule England jointly with his wife Mary
Toleration Act passed due to his pressure
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Cotton Mather
Senior puritan clergyman
Preached about danger of witches amd relayed real life examples of contact with them and people who had been bewitched
Third-generation colonist
1689 he published 'Memorable Providences relating to witchcrafts and Possessions' which acted as inspiration and a guide to those who conducted the salem trials
Wrote account of the trials, 'Wonders of the Invisible World' in 1692
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Samuel Parris
Hunt began in his household
Entered the ministry at Salem
Tried to increase his salary and benefits and had problems with the congregation solving disputes, as he was an outsider
Delivered a sermon claiming the church was under seige by the devil
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Elizabeth Parris and Abigail Williams
Daughter and niece of Samuel Parris
Experimented with fortune telling
Wished to find out the social status of their future husbands
Used a venus glass
Elizabeth would then forget prayers and bark like a dog, then had fits
Abigail also exhibited strange behavious
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William Griggs
Doctor called in to assess Elizabeth and Abigail
Blamed witchcraft
Recommended prayer and fasting as a cure
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Tituba
Worked as house servant/slave for the Parrises
Was asked to make a cake including the urine of affected children to be fed to the dog
The dog would then sniff out the witches
Did not work, Parris became suspicious and filed charges against her
Played a role in looking after Elizabeth and others, maybe telling them stories of her heritage (tales of demonic possession and voodoo?)
Confessed to a pact with the devil
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Governor William Phips
Brought to Salem in 1692 by Mather
Established the Court of Oyer and Terminer in May to hear the cases
Baptised in Cotton Mather's church
Influenced by the Mather family's interest in witchcraft
Supported accusations at first
Closed court in October 1692 and released those under investigation
Issued an official pardon in 1693
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Increase Mather
Father of Cotton
His sceptical work, 'Cases of conscience concerning evil spirits persecuting men' was published in September 1692
Used knowledge of scripture and recent history to argue genuine cases of witchcraft were rare
suggested evidence at trials was dubious
Deeply critical of sceptical evidence
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William Stoughton
Lieutenant governor
Appointed as chief judge at trials
Unrelenting in his persuit of witches
Demanded spectral evidence be heard
Established a new Superior Court of Judicature in January 1693
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