Extremely. The Mormons headed west after trying to impose a theocratic dictatorship in Nauvoo, IL. That didn't go well, and their insurrection was put down.

Extremely. The Mormons headed west after trying to impose a theocratic dictatorship in Nauvoo, IL. That didn't go well, and their insurrection was put down. https://www.flatplanet.news/post/mormon-militancy-and-the-conflict-in-1840s-nauvoo https://www.flatplanet.news/post/mormon-militancy-and-the-co... This is just the reprise of the earlier effort.