Utopian Society By Trajan Harris and Jesus Juarez

Utopia � Often considered an imaginary place � A perfect society � Established laws, governments, and societies that were considered ideal The ideal utopian society

Utopia � Perfect community and government � Special rules for families and marriage � Certain beliefs in education and careers � Ideal religious and medical practices Utopia

Shakers � Known as the United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Coming � Established by Ann Lee in 1758 in England � Arrived in the United States in 1774 � Created special religious expressions: • • Living in communes Productive labor Equality among genders Known for dancing (shaking) 1889 North Union Settlement of Shakers

The Rappites � Known as the Harmony Society � Similar beliefs as the Shakers � Established by Johann Georg Rapp � Came from Germany in 1803 � Formed a colony in Butler County, Penn. The Margaret Fuller Cottage at Brook Farm in Suffolk, Massachusetts

Community � Everyone in the community had to contribute the same amount of effort, despite their job � No crime or violence was allowed � Everyone was treated equal � No firearms or explosives were allowed (small firearms were allowed for hunting) Map of utopian community

Government � Had no contact with anyone outside the community � The society had very few laws � They did not have lawyers within the community Members of the community building a school

Government � The people of the colony were represented by two layers of publicly elected officials(the lower level selected the higher level • The prince (the father, he was elected by the syphogrants) • Protophylarchs (elected each year from the scholar class) • Syphogrants (elected each year) • Scholars Members of the community

Family �A family had at least 10 members but no more than 16 members � Members had to get permission to have children � The oldest male of the family was head of the family Utopian family

Marriage � The women were married out but the men were required to live at home � Women married at 18 and men at 22 � Wives served their husbands � Divorce was permitted in cases of adultery Utopian family

Education � Children went to school five days a week (unless they are needed in the field) � They taught children moral values and respect � They learned to read, write, and math � Education was based on the principles of religion Children at school

Careers � All members learned how to farm � Other job in the community: • • Weavers (women) Carpenters Brick masons Blacksmith � Young boys learned jobs from their fathers Women weavers in the community

Careers � The economy was communal based (they gave each other food and other items) � Everyone had land to farm � The community did not have money � All the houses were built the same � No modern technology Brook Farm

Religion � Christianity/ Protestant Reformation • Shakers (believed in the Second Coming) • Rappites • The Oneida Community � Transcendentalism/ Social Reform • New Harmony (Brook Farm) Members of the community

Religion � Earlier utopias were based on religion � Christianity was primary beliefs � Had a strong relationship with God � Did not worship idle possessions � Later utopias were in search of social perfection instead of religion Church in the community

Medical Rules �They took care of the sick �They had hospitals in the community �They had doctors Hospital

Utopia � People created utopias to make a perfect place � They wanted people to follow certain rules � They did not want to rely on material things � Many of the utopias were not successful Painting of the New Harmony utopian community

References �The Amana Colonies www. nps. gov �Utopia by Sir Thomas More www. oreganstate. edu �Book of Utopia 1 www. thomasmorestudies. org �Book of Utopia 2 www. thomasmorestudies. org

References �Purity the Utopian Society www. puritytheutopiansociety. webly. com �An Explosion of New Thought www. ushistory. gov �www. dipity. com