gcse pod summarys

EARLY SETTLEMENT IN THE WEST

2.5 thousand miles from east to west

wagons were made fr hard wood and covered in canvas they were waterproofed with tar so they could float across many rivers

wagons would be settlers home for months while travelling west

oregon trail started in missouri and followed the platte river to the rocky mountains, after the rocky mountains the journey was very difficult as there was barely any water and food

donner party stranded in sierra nevada mountains, left with no food and resulted in cannibalism

Mormon migration:

mormons founded by joseph smith

mormons called Smith a fake prophet after he revealed that god had told his moons should practice polygamy (practice if taking more than one wife)

smith was then shot in his jail cell

new leader was brigham young and he led the mormons to the great salt lake as he said that they would never be left in peace in the east