-The Amish are Mennonites, a religion named after Menno Simons, an Anabaptist
-one of the shun religions, where people are shunned if they to not repent their sins
-came to PA in the 1720's, because of William Penn, lancaster county
-farmers
-lack a lot of technology
-try to stay away from society and practice their religion and farm as if it were still the 1700's
http://www.800padutch.com/amishhistory.shtml
http://www.religioustolerance.org/amish.htm
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