Elizabeth+Scopel

A. "Jeremiad" speeches > 1. Scolded parishoners > 2. a decline in the supposed "elects" B. Half-way covenant > 1. baptism > 2. church open to everyone > 3. women were majority in congregations C. Salem witch trials > 1. group of girls claimed to be "bewitched" by older women > 2. gone on in Europe as well > 3. aimed at older, property-holding women > 4. accusers were normally substinance farmers D. Witchcraft hysteria ended > 1. When governor's wife was accused > 2. 20 years later, Mass. legislature annulled the "conviction of the witches" and made reparations to their heirs > 3. "Witch-hunting" means to find a scapegoat to blame for problems
 * __9. The Half-way covenant and the Salem witch trials__**