The Peace Movement

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  • Establishment of the Quaker "Society of Friends"

    Approximate establishment of religious pacifism

  • First Secular Peace Groups

    New York Peace Society

  • First Schisms @ Organizational Level

    Formation of the New England Non-Resistance Society opposed the American Peace Society's conservative focus on exclusively wars of aggression.

  • First General Peace Convention

    Held in London with 324 delegates

  • Formation of the League of Universal Brotherhood

    First secular pacifist organization that sought support among common working people

  • Foundation of the Universal Peace Union

    Believed that neither a government nor an individual should take an inviolable human life (criticize all forms of violence and encourage disarmament)

  • Beginning of Most Visible Portion of the Peace Movement

  • Foundation of Hague Court

    Paced the way for League of Nations, made possible by increase in support for international organizations.

  • End of Most Visible Portion of the Peace Movement

  • Foundation of Fellowship of Reconciliation

    effort to coordinate religious pacifists.

  • Anti-Enlistment League

  • Formation of American Union Against Militarism

    Along with People's Council of America comprised of radical pacifists and socialists

  • Formation o the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom

  • Atomic Bombings in Japan

  • Momentum Begins to Decline

    Increased nationalism during the Crimean War