The purpose of the petition sent to King George III by the First Continental Congress was to "<span>c. request that the king consider granting independence to the established colonies" since the colonies wanted to avoid a war with Britain if possible. </span>
The main objectives of Civil Disobedience Movement were as follows: (i) To abolish salt tax and government's monopoly over its production which Gandhiji declared as the most oppressive face of British rule.
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Participation was far from open to all residents, but was instead limited to adult, male citizens (i.e., not a foreign resident, regardless of how many generations of the family had lived in the city, nor a slave, nor a woman), who "were probably no more than 30 percent of the total adult population".
Passive Nonresistance. Despite protesting the state’s decision, the person allowed himself to be removed from the protest by state authority.
1. Protest that turned into armed conflict
