mORMONs

Why was Joseph smith so significant?

• An angel told him to find engraved gold plates . He transated the plates and put it in the book of the mormons
• he was the first leader of the mormons too

Beliefs of mormons and - attitudes towards them:

• Polygamy - seen as wrong and as bad as slavery
• Able to convert people to their faith - fears of rapid expansion  and annoed non converters. 
• Politics made church leaders have more power
• Property was owned by church, no right to individual ownership 
• People of God  and were belved to be the chosen people of God in heaven and on earth -made them look arogant 
• Worked as a community - annoyed mom mormons becuase it made them wealthy
• mormons disagreed with slavery - raged slave owners