DBQ How would you feel if you weren’t allowed to eat at certain restaurants ,or even drink out of certain water fountains? You wouldn't feel like you had freedom would you? All three men fought against unjust laws to get the civil rights they also all fought peacefully they did not use any violence and fought for their right n boycott marches . All three men also accepted jail time without any hesitation because they knew they were fighting for their freedom. Breaking laws allowed nonviolence to work.…
Gandhi helped calm down the violence towards the British but the vehement resentment remained as many Indians died during the British rule. Indians wanted freedom similar to America's breakaway from Britain and they would eventually receive that…
After returning home to India in 1915 from law school in London, Gandi set his goals on liberating India from Britain. He was repeatedly thrown in jail. He never left his obstacles change what he believed in, that violence was not the answer. He practiced nonviolence throughout his life and he wanted his followers to do the same. His nonviolent protests included marches, hunger strikes, talks, demonstrations, and, of course, publicity.…
Gandhi set an example for world peace, while later generations try to not let history repeat itself with the actions taken by Hitler. For example, Ghandi’s Salt March drew worldwide attention and helped advance Indian efforts for independence (Doc 1). Ghandi says “The reason for the struggle having drawn the attention of the world, I know does not lie in the fact that we Indians are fighting for our liberty, but in the fact … as far as history shows us, have not been adopted by any other people of whom we have any record. The means adopted are not violence … they are purely and simply truth and nonviolence (Doc 2). The actions used to raise support and achieve independence was peace, not violence.…
Additionally, this demonstrates nonviolence movements brings people closer together, while violent protests drive people apart indicating that non-violence movements are more successful. As one can see, through influence and sacrifice Gandhi succeeded in his nonviolent…
“Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man.” This quote has been said by Mahatma Gandhi when he used non-violent protests in order to free India from Great Britain in the 1930’s. Many have followed his ways, including an important figure in civil rights history, Doctor Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. King, who not only followed many of Gandhi’s beliefs, but also dealt with racism and segregation throughout the 1960’s., but he has always responded with non-violent direct actions against these ideas in order to desegregate the South. In one of these non-violent protests, in the town of Birmingham, Alabama, many of his followers were beaten and jailed including himself.…
Gandhi’s peace would eventually have tremendous impact on social and political reforms through his non-violent protest methods. Although Henry David Thoreau makes a good case for the need for change within his government, Gandhi makes a better case for change with his essay because he believes pride can develop into fascism, no nation can be happy as the result…
Gandhi sent a letter to the english governor in India before his major march to tell him that although he is participating in civil disobedience he wouldn't intentionally hurt anyone and that his goal is to get British people to become an ally to the cause (Document 1). This act of civil disobedience helped to bring attention to the unfair treatment of indians and in fact did bring in British allies in to help with the cause. In Atlanta, Georgia over 200 students took part in a lunch counter sit in with the intent to integrate lunch counters and bring attention to the issue of racial injustice (Document 2). Civil disobedience brought light to issues some may not have seen as a problem prior to the event. Acts of civil disobedience made it so there were more allies to help a…
As I mentioned earlier, Gandhi was known for his theory of using non-violence to get what you wanted. He was able to get people to follow his belief of “Satyagraha”. This was what Gandhi referred to as soul-force. He preached that violence would only make matters worst. Unjust rules should never be accepted in his eyes, being that every law is not just.…
Indians had Mahatma Gandhi as their leader, who created the method of nonviolent civil disobedience to gain independence. Gandhi is the first successful leader to use nonviolence to get respect and independence for his country. Gandhi was the inspiration to other leaders that dealt with oppression in their country.…
Mohandas Gandhi was a devoted man to nonviolent direct action protests in South Africa and India. He made a large difference by bringing awareness to an issue so that the public understood the degree of the issue. Today, there are undocumented immigrants being deported daily. If Gandhi were a Mexican-American lawyer who disagreed with the deportation, he would most likely use nonviolent direct action to fight for these immigrants. If he were to come up with a strong plan, he would gather millions of undocumented immigrants to protest for their rights.…
In 1919, a British commander killed 379 people, wounding 1,200 when he open fired on an unarmed crowd. (Vellacott, 2013) This innocent made Gandhi upset but he knew he had to fight back in a nonviolent way. A year later he announced a campaign saying that the people of India should boycott all British colonial institutions and imported goods. When researching this conflict it was very clear that Gandhi wanted it to be nonviolent because when violence broke out he would postpone his campaign until the violence would stop.…
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi: Riceville High School John Miller Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Gandhi was a civil rights activist in the country of India that was controlled by Great Britain prior to World War II. If not for Gandhi, India may have not gained their independence from Great Britain. India was not the country it is today. The city was just awful, everybody was going hungry, people were being enslaved for no reason, but Gandhi cured that. Gandhi didn’t attack the enemy, he took an approach that was unlike no other.…
Based on the "form Letter to Viceroy, Lord Irwin" by Gandhi, Gandhi expressed "My ambition is no less than to convert the British people through non-violence and thus make them see the wrong they have done to India. " This shows Gandhi want the British people to think about all the violence they have done to India and that they need to use non-violence. Another Furthermore on lines 39-42, Gandhi expressed "Many think that non-violence is not an active force. It is my purpose to set in motion that force as well against the organized violent force of the British rule as the unorganized violence force of the growing part of violence. " This shows that Gandhi's purpose is to make the British people to understand that non-violence is an active force that can help in different ways.…
To What Extent can Gandhi be Considered an Opponent of imperialism? When an individual such as Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi fought against the British empire, with non-violent tactics, could be considered an opponent to imperialism in india. He defended his people with skills he had learned from his childhood and his time in both london and Africa. He was a man of acceptance of most no matter what religion, sex, age and lifestyle was. His way of life and how he wanted india to be an independent country was brought through by non-violent protest, non-reforming, and keeping the peace, and keeping his cool even when the british had slaughtered large quantities of men women and children.…