History of the United States I / Unit 13 USH1 1825 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Smith's Death
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The idea
Smith received a revelation permitting church leaders to practise polygamy, declared the Americas the new Zion, and announced his candidacy for president in eighteen forty-four.
In practice
His arrest for treason over the destruction of a press that had criticised Mormonism.
Where people slip
An anti-Mormon mob killed him while he was imprisoned, and Brigham Young led the church west to present-day Salt Lake City.
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