In Act 1 of the Crucible, there are many things that happen. The act takes place in Parris’s room where his daughter is knocked our from some mysterious illness. Reverend Parris saw Betty dancing in the woods with some other girls and they are being accused of witchcraft. Abigail who is Parris’s niece was also there along with Tituba who as a servant. Ann Putnam’s only surviving daughter also was apart of it and was also experiencing a mysterious illness. eventually Two women are left alone with Betty, named mercy and Mary. Betty blurts out that Abigail drank chicken blood in an attempt to cast a spell that would kill Elizabeth Proctor, in which Elizabeth is married to john Proctor with is having an affair with Abigail.