MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
MANIFEST DESTINY
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1848 when gold was found in California
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religious group that left the East due to experiencing persecution.
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Mexican General
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created by Congress in 1848 as an area that included present day Oregon
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1844, reeling from the murder of their founder and prophet, Joseph Smith, and facing continued mob violence in their settlement in Illinois, thousands of Latter Day Saints (better known as Mormons) threw their support behind a new leader, Brigham Young.
Detailed explanation-2: -Mormons were violently persecuted and pushed from Ohio to Missouri, from Missouri to Illinois and from Illinois, they were pushed west to the Utah Territory. There were incidents of massacre, home burning and pillaging, followed by the death of their prophet, Joseph Smith.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Mormons, as they were commonly known, had moved west to escape religious discrimination. After the murder of founder and prophet Joseph Smith, they knew they had to leave their old settlement in Illinois. Many Mormons died in the cold, harsh winter months as they made their way over the Rocky Mountains to Utah.
Detailed explanation-4: -Wherever the Church’s members gathered together to establish their “Kingdom of God, ” others became suspicious, fearful, hostile, and sometimes even violent. This resulted in persecution against the Mormons.