Mormons" Independence represented the place they called "Zion"They were followers of the claims of a young religious prophet, Joseph Smith Jr. The Temple in Independence, Missouri, is a house of worship and education for the Mormons. Mormons showed independence like the rest of America's that had independence.
Independence: freedom of control, of control by others.
How did Mormons exhibit independence: Mormon has been writing the story of his people. On the eve of a climatic battle with the Lamanites, Mormon turns over the core of what will become known as the Book of Mormon, transcribed on gold plates, to his son Moroni. Mormon is mortally wounded in the battle at a place called Cumorah, and the Nephites are nearly obliterated, but Moroni survives another 36 years and adds material to the Book of Mormon before sealing up the plates in 421.
