The Amish and the Mennonites are a group of people who follow calvnist branches, and who were orginally from Switzerland, the French region of Alsace, and Southern Germany.
They were persecuted at the time in these regions of Europe, because their beliefs were thought of as extreme and dangerous for the hegemonic religion and political power. For this reason, most of them emigrated to the United States, specifically to the Pennsylvania colony.
