Gandhi's Use Of Civil Disobedience

Did you know that on March 12, 1930, Gandhi began his 200 mile march to protest the British salt act? The British salt acts prohibited Indians from collecting or selling salt, which was a major problem because salt played an important role in their diet. Along with this Salt Act, citizens were forced to buy vital minerals from the British at a very high price, with heavy taxes added. Civil disobedience is the refusal to comply with certain laws or to pay taxes and fines, as a peaceful form of political protest, and it’s important because it involves resistance against the government without any violence. In the past, the usage of civil disobedience was successfully used by Martin Luther King Jr. as he led The Civil Rights Movements, along with …show more content…
I would chose to resist against the administrator because I wanna live in a world where there is freedom and equality. Even though many people faced penalties and consequences while using civil disobedience in the past, the outcome of it always have a big impact in the society, community, or even in school. Both Gandhi and Dr. King had to face months in jail for protesting, especially Gandhi. Gandhi was arrested more than ten times in both South Africa and in India. The reason why civil disobedience is a great method is because it involves a lot of getting into trouble and consequences, but at the end of it is success. During The Boston Tea Party, the British government responded harshly towards citizens of Massachusetts because they believed that they shouldn’t be taxed by the British parliament, but their own representatives, this caused the start of the resistance movement against the British. Yes, civil disobedience creates higher tension between one another, but it helps make the world the world a better place to live …show more content…
Others might also consider rioting as civil disobedience, but civil is protesting which involves non violence resistance. In the article “what’s wrong with civil disobedience?” Protestors from Philadelphia is being put to jail for protesting, and some are being held on with a huge bails. But, these protestors believe that they were being arrested for not what they did, but for what they might do, but simply, they were just peacefully protesting. Even though, this articles shows and states that civil disobedience causes jail time, it was effective in the past, and it’s still effective