According to the University of Virginia "Salem Witch Trials" website, how did the Salem Witch Trials impact future witch trials in Colonial New England?
A. The Salem trials led to additional witch trials and executions throughout Colonial New England, all the way up to the Revolutionary War.
B. Following the Salem trials, only men were excited for witchcraft in North America.
C. The Salem trials resulted in women immediately being accepted to serve on juries in future witchcraft trials.
D. After the Salem trials, no one was executed for witchcraft in Colonial New England.
According to the Connecticut History.org "Witchcraft in Connecticut" website, how did women's family status impact their likelihood for being accused of witchcraft?
A. Only single women were convicted of witchcraft and executed because married women were considered their husband's property and the civil authority could not deprive a man of his property.
B. Married women were accused of witchcraft, but women who did not have sons (male offspring) were more likely to be accused of witchcraft than those who had sons because wives without sons stood to inherit more of their husband's estates than women who had to share inheritance with sons did.
C. Although all populations of women were accused of witchcraft, only women who were over the age of 50 were convicted.
D. Only wives whose husbands complained about their obedience were accused of witchcraft.