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1517
Martin Luther revolution
Martin Luther revolted against the official church in Europe -
Period: 1517 to
the Protestant Reformation in Europe
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1540
Mennonites creation
Menno Simons creates the Mennonites, from Anabaptists -
Amish schism
The amish community broke away from the latter group due to religious differences and created their own movement -
Anabaptist movement in America
In the 1700s following violent religious persecution in their native European homelands, Anabaptists are coming to america. -
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Amish and Mennonites exile
Mennonites and Amish were driven into exile in Europe during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries -
Period: to
Amish immigration
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century the Amish began migrating to Ohio from Pennsylvania, Canada, Maryland, and Virginia
