shackers

By bruhitsjada

  • Ann lee arrives

    Unwelcome in England, lee travels to the .u.s. She settles in Watervliet, near Albany, New York.

  • Lee dies

    Lee dies on September 8 in Watervliet, New York.

  • First shakers

    The first Shaker building is built in Harvard, Massachusetts.

  • First community

    The first Shaker community is founded in New Lebanon, New York. The movement begins to travel westward.

  • Flawless building

    In Pleasantville, Kentucky the Shakers build their first flawless building.

  • 6,000

    The Shakers reach their highest amount of people with about 6,000 members living in 19 villages

  • Draft law

    The Draft Law of 1863 is enacted during the Civil War. the Shakers refuse to fight. A shaker travels to Washington to ask lincoln to be exempt, from service, lincoln agrees

  • One by one

    Many Shaker communities begin to fold, one by one.