Audience: Fredericksburg Stake Youth Conference
Location: Fredericksburg, Virginia, United States of America
Date: 6 November 2021
Audience: Massaponax/Courtland High School Seminary
Location: Fredericksburg, Virginia, United States of America
Date: Spring 2021
This is an attempt to help put LDS church history inside the greater context of the world around it. The included events are ones interesting to me personally.
| YEAR | CHURCH | USA | WORLD |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1776 | Declaration of Independence | Adam Smith publishes The Wealth of Nations | |
| 1781 | Cornwall surrenders at Yorktown, VA | ||
| 1787 | US Constitution written | Mozart premieres Don Giovanni | |
| 1789 | George Washington becomes president | Start of the French Revolution | |
| 1790-1840 | The Second Great Awakening | ||
| 1794 | Eli Whitney patents the cotton gin, a 50x multiplier | ||
| 1797 | John Adams becomes president | ||
| 1798 | Thomas Jefferson introduces a new plow | ||
| 1801 | Thomas Jefferson becomes president | ||
| 1802 | Beethoven performs his Moonlight Sonata | ||
| 1803 | Louisiana Purchase from France, doubles size of the US | Start of the Napoleonic Wars | |
| 1804 | Lewis and Clark Expedition begins in St. Louis | ||
| 1805 | Joseph Smith born in Vermont | ||
| 1809 | James Madison becomes president | ||
| 1810 | Population center of the US is 40 miles west of DC in Virginia | ||
| 1812 | USA at war with Great Britain | Napoleon occupies Moscow | |
| 1813 | Jane Austen publishes Pride and Prejudice | ||
| 1814 | British troops occupy DC Francis Scott Key pens The Star Spangled Banner Treaty of Ghent | Russian troops occupy Paris Treaty of Ghent | |
| 1815 | Mount Tambora erupts in Indonesia | ||
| 1816-1817 | Smith Family moves to New York | ||
| 1817 | James Monroe becomes president | ||
| 1817-1825 | Construction of the Erie Canal; connects the Atlantic Ocean from NYC to the Great Lakes in Buffalo; cuts transport costs by 90% | ||
| 1819 | John Keats writes his Odes of 1819 | ||
| 1820 | The First Vision | The Missouri Compromise Population center of the US near Moorefield, WV | |
| 1823 | First Angel Moroni visit | ||
| 1825 | John Quincy Adams becomes president First steam locomotive in the US | ||
| 1827 | Joseph Smith and Emma Hale marry Joseph obtains the Golden Plates | ||
| 1829 | Bulk of Book of Mormon is translated Priesthood restored | Andrew Jackson becomes president | |
| 1830 | Church is founded | ||
| 1831 | Smith moves to Ohio Revelation given that Missouri is the gathering place | ||
| 1834 | Smith leads a militia to Missouri | ||
| 1835 | PT Barnum begins his first circus tour | ||
| 1836 | Kirtland Temple built | Battle of the Alamo | |
| 1837 | Martin Van Buren becomes president Telegraphy patented | Charles Dickens publishes Oliver Twist | |
| 1838 | Smith relocates to Missouri Missouri “exterminates the Mormons” | 46,000 Native Amerians forcibly relocated in the Trail of Tears | |
| 1839 | Smith relocates to Illinois | ||
| 1840 | Population center of the US near Clarksburg, WV | ||
This was presented to my seminary class and was very much liked by the students.