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Joseph Smith said that he had received visions that led him to build a new church. He began to preach the Mormon ideas.
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Smith had originally settled in a town in New York, but the neighbors dissaproved of the Mormon religion. They eventually settled in Illinois and in 1839 he bought the town of Commerce, Illinois. Commerce is now known as Nauvoo
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The Mormons had continued to suffer even after they moved to Illinois. In 1844 a mob of local Illinois residents killed Joseph Smith for his beliefs.
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About 12,000 Mormons had started to make their trek towards the Great Salt Lake. This migration was considered the largest single migration of people in American HIstory.
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The Mormons had finally made it to the Great Salt Lake. The new leader(Young) had declared that they start a new settlement there. Soon after they had set up farming communities.
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The united states got the Salt Lake area from Mexico after the Mexican War.
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Congress established the Utah territory, and Bringham Young was named governer.
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War had almost broke out between the Mormons and the United States Army.
