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Robert Owen was the preeminent utopian thinker of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. A factory owner, he was influenced by industrialization in his native Scotland and the utilitarian philosophy of his friend and business partner, Jeremy Bentham. He purchased the Harmony land and buildings from the Rappites to establish the first socialist commune organized on the principle of rational ethics and not religion.

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This utopia was a showplace for Christian socialism.

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Fountaingrove was established in 1875 by Thomas Lake Harris, founder of the Brotherhood of the New Life and of three colonies in New York between 1861 and 1867.His teachings were included divine respiration.  Also each person had a counterpart in heaven,and and celibacy resulted in a widely publicized accusation of sexual license and immorality.

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Thomas Lake Harris spiritualist doctrine included teachings such as Divine Respiration, which enabled the brotherhood to commune with God through rhythmic breathing.

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Drop city was a small town built with less than $1,000. It was a town for droppers where everything was owned communally.

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The Peace Mission was lead by father Divine who believed that he was in fact God. Father Divine was known for hosting banquets for his followers and helped those in his community find jobs.

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Icaria was founded by Etienne Cabet, a French anti-monarchist who moved to England in 1834.

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George Rapp (1757-1845) was a German Evangelical Lutheran who came to America to escape "Bullying" for his religion, a strain of Christianity that called for conversion from sin, personal communication with God, and the pursuit of perfection. His community never exceeded 800 members. At Harmony, life was strict and difficult. Money Problems made Rapp consider merging with a local Shaker group in 1816, but soon the community developed into a thriving economy trading grain and whiskey. Over time, Rapp grew inconsistent and hypocritical in his decision making, causing several members to leave, until he made his 1st terrible prophecy: on September 15, 1829, the three and one half years of the Sun Woman would end and the Christ would begin his reign on earth

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In 1897, Katherine Tingley was the founder of Universal Brotherhood and the Theosophical Society at Point Loma.
She liked to mix humanitarianism with the occult, or the knowledge of the hidden. In this utopia, it talks about everything being equal, so if one person got an injury, it was an injury to all.

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The utopia is nonviolent and there is no racism. Everyone is equal to each other

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The founder of the Kingdom of St. James claimed that he had been ordained by an angel. James led about 600 followers to Wisconsin where he set up the Voree community.

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The main focus of the Oneida utopia is that one woman is married to every man, and one man is married to every woman.

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In 1774, a Scottish woman named Ann Lee claimed that she received visions of God declaring that celibacy was a great way of life.

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In Nashoba, a woman by the name of Frances Wright, tried to get slaves to freedom by teaching them how to grow crops, get getting a good education. Frances was friends with a man by the name of Robert Owen, who also had a utopia called New Harmony. She tried to base hers off of his, but later failed. Though she had to move the slaves to different locations, they still got freedom.

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A group of Theosophists formed this group and wanted to get rid of/treat certain addictions, and had socialism and communal property.

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A religious back to nature commune

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William RIker ran for governor of California in the early 1900's, but obviously didn't get elected because of his racial views. He believed in christianity, but he believed everyone should be white. Since he never got elected, he started a utopia in 1918. There he and the members had a religion called "Perfect Christian Divine Way." The community had many attractions that were made to lure the passing motorists in the mountains of California. People in the community were divided by sex. The lays of the community were written in crayon.

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Was formed in Connecticut. the city was made in a nine by nine grid with a church in the center. All the rules where based off the bible.

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The society of the woman in the wilderness

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The society of the woman in the wilderness

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They developed a school for all of the neighborhood children, practiced medicine, and held public worship services, pretty much, "out-going activities for men who otherwise lived as hermits in caves along the Wissahikon River." They were musicians. mystics, philosophers, and artists.

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The word utopia come from the Greek word meaning an imaginary place where everyone and everything is perfect.

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That is kinda creepy

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The utopias always were ruined by someone trying to cheat the system

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Each person contributes to the solidity

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I thought it was interesting on how well utopian societies ran before on person broke a rule and ruined things.

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Utopias are almost impossible things to achieve....  Unless all the people are clones.

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All of them were pretty much based on one single person's ideals, so that might not have been the smartest idea ever made by the stupid people of this world.

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I was a little disappointed that people tried so hard to create a utopia and now when you look at the USA, it is a word full of social media and crime.

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I think that there is no such thing as a utopia, because people are involved. I think that it is amazing how many people tried to start utopias.

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Some were based on religion and had very strict rules

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I did not know about all of the utopias that have existed before and now.

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As said in paragraph 14 of the second website, "During the 1840s, as many as 84 different utopian communities popped up across the country." This shows utopias have appeared appeared throughout America, while some Utopias now do not exist to this day.

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Each person has their own job to contribute to the utopia.