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Mother Ann Lee was born on Feburuary 29, 1736. She was born in Manchester, England.
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The Shakers practice a religion that is also their way of life. The religion was founded in England in 1747. The members of The Shakers lived in gender separated, dorm-like bedrooms, but later came together to work, and pray.
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Ann Lee joins the group known as the Shaking Quakers, so named because they shook when performing a religious dance. In her youth,
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Lee is imprisoned by the English government during a period of torture.
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Mother Ann Lee found a new religious group named the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, later known simply as the Shakers.
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The Shakers were one of the many religious groups who wanted freedom. They migrated to America because they followed Mother Ann Lee in 1774. There, they established several colonies.
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They first built their colonies in 1776. They established it at Nikayuna near Albany, New York.
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Mother Ann Lee died in Watervliet, New York. Under the churchs' guidance, The Shakers established certain patterns of life for the Shaker community to follow.