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say an alt Joseph Smith founds Mormons during the first great awaking in the early 1730s and is forced from the 13 colonies with around 10,000 followers
could they successfully settle some territory west of the Appalachian mountains or would they be pushed out by either the French or Indian tribes
Would they be able to keep out later american settlers or possibly gain independence from either Britain or France or America