Tired of a tyrannical government, a group of men, who refuse to pay a tax, dump foreign property into the ocean as a statement of defiance. This was the Boston Tea Party, and is one of the earliest cases of civil disobedience in American history. Civil disobedience is what improves a country, and that is why it has a positive effect on a free society. Civil disobedience means to disobey, to rebel, and all great governments were built on rebellion. The United States of America is prime example of this. Many of the men who wrote the Constitution had been leaders of the American Revolution. The Declaration of Independence is a declaration of a group of people's disobedience to their government, and stating they're creating a new one. Thomas
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Moral senses can differ due to cultural reasons; since different societies, because of their background and heritage, have a different sense of what is right and wrong. One group of people can believe something is unlawful and unjust, while another can say it's lawful and does no harm. When the government clashes with a man's sense of morality; it is his duty, as a free citizen, to stand up and fight back against his government. Muhammid Ali refused to comply with his military draft in the 1960's. The public criticized and hated him for it, some even calling him a "draft dodger". Ali never dodged anything; he opposed the draft and accepted the legal consequences without attempting to evade them. Ali has been very vocal about his anti-war stance and the idea of dropping bombs on other innocent people. The war clashed with his moral sense and when the time came he stood firmly in the proud tradition of civil disobedience and said, "Just take me to …show more content…
This act of civil disobedience sparked a 381-day-long boycott, which stopped when bus segregation was deemed unlawful in 1956. If this act of peaceful resistance didn't occur, it would've taken years until any real change occurred. LGBT rights are another example of peaceful resistance changing the law. For a long time, homosexual relationships were seen as taboo and even illegal in some states in the U.S. This didn't stop homosexuals, however, they expressed their voices through peaceful resistance, and in 2015 gay marriage was legalized throughout America. From Labor Unions to Civil Rights Movements, civil disobedience is what has shaped our
Moral senses can differ due to cultural reasons; since different societies, because of their background and heritage, have a different sense of what is right and wrong. One group of people can believe something is unlawful and unjust, while another can say it's lawful and does no harm. When the government clashes with a man's sense of morality; it is his duty, as a free citizen, to stand up and fight back against his government. Muhammid Ali refused to comply with his military draft in the 1960's. The public criticized and hated him for it, some even calling him a "draft dodger". Ali never dodged anything; he opposed the draft and accepted the legal consequences without attempting to evade them. Ali has been very vocal about his anti-war stance and the idea of dropping bombs on other innocent people. The war clashed with his moral sense and when the time came he stood firmly in the proud tradition of civil disobedience and said, "Just take me to …show more content…
This act of civil disobedience sparked a 381-day-long boycott, which stopped when bus segregation was deemed unlawful in 1956. If this act of peaceful resistance didn't occur, it would've taken years until any real change occurred. LGBT rights are another example of peaceful resistance changing the law. For a long time, homosexual relationships were seen as taboo and even illegal in some states in the U.S. This didn't stop homosexuals, however, they expressed their voices through peaceful resistance, and in 2015 gay marriage was legalized throughout America. From Labor Unions to Civil Rights Movements, civil disobedience is what has shaped our