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Ann Lee is born
On February 29 Ann Lee is born in Manchester, England. -
Ann Lee joins shaking quakers
Ann Lee joins the sect known as the Shaking Quakers named because they shake when performing a religious dance. -
Lee marries and has children
Lee marries. Later, all four of her children die -
Lee imprisonment
Lee is sent to prison by the English government during a period of persecution of religious minorities. -
Lee's immagration
Unwelcome in England, Lee goes to America with her husband and followers. She settles in Watervliet, near Albany, New York. -
Lee goes to prison again
During the Revolutionary War Lee refuses to sign an oath of allegiance.
This and her pacifistic views lead to her imprisonment for treason. -
Lee Dies
Lee dies in watervliet, New York. -
First shaker building!
The first Shaker building is built in Harvard, Massachusetts. -
Shakers reach zenith
The Shakers reach their zenith with about 6,000 members living in 19 communal villages. Many other visionary and utopian communities begin to flourish during this period of American history as well such as the Oneida Perfectionists, and the Amana Society -
church campaign
The church begins a campaign to find new converts as their membership falls. The economic boom in the North proves tempting to many male members, who then leave their communities. -
the falling
shaker communities begin to fall, one by one
