A Brief History of the Amish in the USA

Amish are people from an old religious sect in America.Canada and Central America. About eighty per cent
They descend from the early European Anabaptistsof the Amish are located in Ohio; Indiana and
of the 16th century.Pennslyvania.The Amish population in America has
The Amish first settled near Lancaster County ingrown tremendously over the years. It today stands at
Pennsylvania, America in 1730s. This was prompted byabout a hundred and fifty thousand people.
the activities of an English Quaker called William PennThe Anabaptist religion rejected the Martin Luther and
and the unstable condition in Europe at the time.Protestant reforms of the 16th century. They also
William Penn acquired land near Lancaster County intaught the new doctrine of separation of church and
1681 and decided to establish a holy colony that wouldstate. They fled to remote areas of Europe to escape
advocate religious torelance.The political andpersecution. This group fragmented in the late 1600
economical instability as well as religious persecutions informing a new outfit of devout Christians who
Europe caused a mass exodus to the land of religiouschallenged shunning of dissident members.
tolerance.They did not agree on foot washing and custom
The biggest immigration of Amish to America tookclothe regulation. This group marked the birth of the
place between 1736 and 1770. Among the first familiespresent day Amish. The Amish religion is further
were the Detweiler and Sieber who settled in Berksdivided into eight churches or orders that are
County, Pennsylvania.differentiated by their ways of practicing religion and
The Amish have settled in twenty-four states acrossconducting their daily lives.