Mormons
- Created by: Chelsie Owen-Burke
- Created on: 06-05-13 14:04
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- Mormons
- led by Brigham Young
- to the Great Salt Lake in 1846
- Brigham believed God was sending him to a place noone else wanted as the great salt lake had nothing to offer to anyone
- on the journey many dies from disease and hungar
- it was a hard journey and they spent the winter building wagons and collecting ffod and equipement
- Brigham organised the trip very well, he grouped people into 100's, then 50's then 10's and each was led by a leader
- to the Great Salt Lake in 1846
- between 1823 - 1847
- founded by Joseph Smith
- he was 14 years old from New York
- he stated he was visited by an Angel called Moroni
- visits gold plates in the mountains with the new religion written on them
- he published the book with the new religion
- he had some followers but some thought he was a fraud so they were chased out of New York
- by 1831-37 smith had over 1,000 followers, they had a small community but were chased out of Kirtland too!!
- he did not want to go west so they went to ILLINOIS and called it NAUVOO with 33.000 Mormons
- Utah
- they lived in peace and became a state
- polygamy had to be banned to be a state
- it was organised very well
- each family had a piece of land according to there needs
- they had an exact time to draw water from the well as water was essential
- led by Brigham Young
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