Settlers Flashcards
Who were the first people to explore the west?
Mountain men that would hunt for animals in the 1820s and 1830s
Who were the Missionaries?
Among the earliest settlers on the west coast in the 1830s, their aim was to convert NAs to their form of Christianity
What were examples of why people headed west?
Problems in the East
Attraction of the west
Manifest destiny
What problems were there in the east?
Economic problems
Overpopulation
Disease
What were the attractions of the west?
A new start
Government encouragement
Gold
What was manifest destiny?
WA believed that they were superior to NA and supposed to civilise the continent
Who was the Donner Party?
In 1846 they headed to California but took a short cut and ended up in deep snow, less than 50/87 survived though eating they dead ones
Why was the journey to the west hard?
Took around 5 months
10% would die
Diseases
Who were the Mormons?
A religion started by Joseph Smith who published the book of Mormons in 1830
What does the book of Mormons claim
That Jesus had visited America and that the Native Americans were descended from the lost tribes of Israel
Where and when (in order) did the Mormons move
Ohio (1831)
Missouri (1837)
Illinois (1839)
Salt Lake City (1846)
What happened to Joseph Smith?
He was killed in jail by a mob, the Mormons was then taken over by Brigham Young
