Utopian+Communties+Shakers+4127


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 * 1) Developed from the religious group of the Quakers
 * 2) Shook their bodies during worship
 * 6,000 members by the 1830’s living in various communities
 * 1) Banned private ownership of property
 * 2) Lived an extremely plain lifestyle
 * 3) First couple US colonies were in Nikayuna, NY in 1776 and New Lebanon, New York
 * 4) 18 communities by 1826
 * 5) last active was near Sabbathday Lake, Maine in New Gloucester-
 * 6) less than 10 members remain in the community
 * 7) beliefs guranteed a unique culture and ways of life that enriched culture history
 * 8) they believed in in gender equality
 * 9) though the sexes were separated during worship and other times
 * 10) their were 2 entrances one for each gender
 * 11) one of the most successful Utopian communities in American history
 * 12) over 200 years
 * 13) four basic tenets- 1) they must live communally, 2) they must be celibate(unmarried), 3)must regularly confess their sins, 4)they must seperate themselves from the outside world
 * 14) they believed that if they followed the tenets that they would be able to achieve perfection
 * 15) offered both spiritual and physical equality which extended through many different races
 * 16) they worked very hard to support themselves
 * 17) mother Ann Lee taught them that they should work: "As if you had 1000 years to live, and as if you were going to die tomorrow."