Utopian Society Research Paper

According to the National Park Service, Sir Thomas More described Utopia as a perfect political and social system on an imaginary island. The English language converted the meaning of utopia as a place or state where everything is perfect. Utopian societies are a fresh start, a way to start over. They look at society and see what is wrong with it and try to create a perfect place without all the faults that society has. Several people came to the Americas in hopes of a religious utopia. Several new religions branched and many movements were sparked from utopian societies. An example would be the Shakers branching out from the Quakers. They believed in Christ’s second coming. They established their first Shaker village in 1787, and by 1826, there were 18 Shaker villages in 8 states.
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This subject is important and worthy of study because all these utopias formed because they saw so many faults and problems with society, they created their own utopia to change the problems and make it a better society. The changes and problems they had with society sparked huge movements like equal rights, freedom of religious expression, abolishment of slavery, having the right to oppose a law that is immoral it was the start of making America as whole flawless by removing and changing the faults our society had. This relates to us today because Utopias made or sparked changes that need to be made in society. I don’t think many utopian societies exist now, except for the Amish they live in their own little world in the