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The Mormons move west
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STARTED BY JOSEPH SMITH IN THE 1830’S
- FOUND GOLD PLATES IN NEW YORK
- TRANSLATED PLATES FOR HIS PEOPLE
- WAS FORCED TO MOVE AROUND BECAUSE HIS NEIGHBORS BECAME SUSPICIOUS
- LIVED IN OHIO, MISSOURI, & NAUVOO, ILLINOIS
- HAD STARTED TO DO WELL IN ILLINOIS
- SMITH REVEALED HE AND HIS FOLLOWERS WERE PRACTICING POLYGAMY
- WAS ARRESTED AND PUT IN JAIL
- MOB REMOVED SMITH AND HIS BROTHER AND KILLED BOTH
- 1847-HUNDREDS OF MORMONS BEGAN LOOKING FOR NEW PLACE TO CALL HOME
- FOUND PRESENT DAY UTAH
- REGION WAS NOT PART OF U.S.
- WAS OVER 1000 MILES AWAY FROM THEN CURRENT U.S. BORDER
- MORMONS BECAME SUCCESSFUL IN THE REGION
- WERE LED BY BRIGHAM YOUNG
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