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