1. Utah Studies
7th Grade
December 3, 2013

2. A Religious Journey

3. Who Were the Mormons? Where did they come from?
Follower’s of Joseph Smith
Believed in a new book of scripture
Book of Mormon
Translated from gold plates found near his home

4. New York Period Organized a church
Apr 6, 1830
Church of Christ
Changed Later
LDS
Called each other Saints
Why did people leave their homes and lives for a church?
Joseph Smith

5. Joseph Smith Jr. Born Spring 1820 Fall 1823 Dec 23, 1805
Claimed he saw a vision
No true church on the earth
Fall 1823
Visited by heavenly beings that instructed him
Zion=Live in peace with no poor

6. The Reaction To Joseph’s Claim
Most did not believe him
Ridiculed him
Made fun
Other’s joined and believed
Thousands joined from all over the world
Flowerers persecuted by others
Beat up Joseph Smith
Tried to steal the Gold Plates
THE OUTCOME
Forced to move to Kirtland, Ohio

7. Another Gathering Place

8. Western Missouri Summer 1831 A continued gathering
Joseph and others left to explore the frontier
Started 5 communities
A continued gathering
Thousands came to Ohio and Missouri
Mobs soon drove Mormons out of Ohio

9. Missouri Executive Order 44
Background
Missourians did not like having Mormons in such numbers moving in
Battle of Crooked River
3 Missourians Died
1 Mormon
The people were outraged about this skirmish

10. Issue of the Order
Gov. Lilburn Boggs claimed that the Mormons had committed "open and avowed defiance of the laws", and had "made war upon the people of this State," Boggs directed that "the Mormons must be treated as enemies, and must be exterminated or driven from the State if necessary for the public peace—their outrages are beyond all description".[2]

11. Result Mormons driven from the state
In the winter time
Joseph Smith and other leaders arrested
Spent 5 months in a jail in Liberty, MO

12. The first exodus Brigham Young lead the Mormons to Illinois
Settled on the banks of the Mississippi River
Commerce, IL
Drained the swamps and built a city

13. Nauvoo, IL Nauvoo Growth of City Old problems
Hebrew for “It is beautiful”
Growth of City
Thousands came to city
Largest city in Illinois at one time
Old problems
People started to feel uncomfortable with so many people

14. Beginning of the end People within started to cause problems
Nauvoo Expositor
Joseph ordered it be destroyed
Negative Reaction
Nearby towns saw this as going against the freedom of Press

15. The Martyrdom Joseph and others arrested Sent to Carthage to a Jail
June 7, 1844
Mob attacked the jail
Killed Joseph and brother Hyrum
Mormons devastated
Now they were martyr’s
Died for their religion