Mormons moved west to escape religious scrutiny.
The Mormon pioneers moved west in search of religious freedom. They were kicked or chased out of Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois, where they had previously gone looking for a place to practice their religion in peace.
The Mormon pioneers moved west (beyond what was then the United States border) to find religious freedom. They had been persecuted and kicked out of every other place they had attempted to settle in.
People moved to the west because in the east there was no room for farming, economic depression, and there was no space for farming and agriculture. People also moved west because of the gold rush, in search of religious freedom, privacy, cotton,
The Mormon pioneers moved west in search of religious freedom. They had been kicked out of Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois. They set out for the Rocky Mountains, which was then part of Mexico, intending to leave the persecution of the United States behind.
religious freedom and the gold rush
they moved west in search of religious freedom
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The Mormon pioneers moved west in search of religious freedom. They were kicked or chased out of Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois, where they had previously gone looking for a place to practice their religion in peace.
The Mormon pioneers moved west (beyond what was then the United States border) to find religious freedom. They had been persecuted and kicked out of every other place they had attempted to settle in.
Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the "Mormon" church) moved west in search of religious freedom, while most other pioneers moved west in search of wealth or job opportunities.
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People moved to the west because in the east there was no room for farming, economic depression, and there was no space for farming and agriculture. People also moved west because of the gold rush, in search of religious freedom, privacy, cotton,
The Mormon pioneers moved west in search of religious freedom. They had been kicked out of Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois. They set out for the Rocky Mountains, which was then part of Mexico, intending to leave the persecution of the United States behind.
religious freedom and the gold rush
Mormons were traveling west in search of religious freedom. 49ers were traveling west in search of wealth.
Mormons hoped to find a place where they could practice their religion freely without persecution. Between 1831 and 1847, they moved from New York to Ohio to Missouri to Illinois and finally to Utah in search of religious freedom.