Amish History
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Updated: 19 Apr 2023
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Created byHannah Kurtz
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First "rebaptisms" in Zürich, SwitzerlandMenno Simmons joins the Anabaptists, followers become MennonitesThe Ausbund, an Anabaptist hymnbook, first printed.Dordrecht Confession of FaithThe Martyr's Mirror first published.First all-church Amish ministers' conference (Diener-Versammlung)Old Order Amish and Amish-Mennonite SchismOhio's Bing Act mandates school attendance through age 18.Beginning of the Amish parochial school movement in PAWisconsin v Yoder rules requiring schooling beyond the eighth grade level violates Amish religious freedom.Five Amish Fathers Arrested for Violating the Bing ActBeachy Amish begin Buying and Driving their Own Automobiles.Amish Refuse to Pay renewed Social Security ActIRS begins to confiscate Amish property for refusing to pay Social Security.PA agrees to a new "vocational school" option for the Amish.Congress exempts the Amish from participating in Social Security.National Committee for Amish Religious Freedom FormedIowa General Assembly exempts Amish from education after eigth gradOld Order Amish Steering Committee lobbies for changes to in alternative service policies for Amish CO's.Stuckey Amish join General Conference Mennonite Church10 Amish school girls shot, 5 died, in Nickel Mines, PA.Egly Amish renamed to Defenseless MennoniteAnabaptists expelled from France, Amish community scatteredSchleitheim ConfessionReist-Amman ControversyAmish seperate from MennonitesFormation of the Egly AmishPeriods
First Wave of Amish Immigration to North AmericaSecond Wave of Amish Immigration to North AmericaFormation of the Stuckey AmishFormation of the Peachy AmishAmish Mennonites join Mennonite conferencesAmish non-combatant conscription and conscientious objectors in World War IAmish Alternative Service during World War IIAmish Alternative Service during Korean War and beginning of the Vietnam WarNew Amish Alternative Service in Amish CommunitiesMeasels Outbreak in Ohio Amish Community
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