The Early Settlers
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- The Early Settlers
- The Mormons
- Joseph Smith was the founder of the mormons
- They first settled in Kirtland,Ohio but had to leave our tot he failure of the mormon bank.
- They then went to Missouri and Navoo but had to leave there too.
- People were concerned about polygamy and thought the mormons would 'outbreed' them
- Joseph smith was arrested and killed by a mob of non-mormons because they didn't want him to become president.
- The migrants
- After 1840 many settlers crossed the plains for California and Oregon. (Gold Rush)
- 1843 -The great migration
- Land shortage and unemployment forced this
- Many travelled across the Oregon Trail
- Salt Lake
- Brigham young took the mormons west to salt lake.
- It was not part of the USA at the time
- The perpetual emigrating fund brought mormons from around the world to ensure the survival of the city
- Salt lake was accepted as a city in 1890 when they gave up polygamy. (Utah)
- The Miners
- Gold was discovered in 1848.
- This encouraged people to move over after the donner party disaster
- Most miners arrived in 1849 (the forty-niners)
- Cities like san francisco were build due to the gold
- Gold was discovered in 1848.
- Manifest Destiny
- A white american belief that god wanted them to control the whole of north america
- It was an excuse to remove indian tribes
- Mountain Men
- The first settlers were mountain men and fur trappers who looked to gain profit from the furs.
- They met once a year at Rendezvous to sell the furs. In 1840 it ended because fur was unfashionable
- The Mormons
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