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IRINA_888 [86]
2 years ago
6

Most people remember Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as reformers who practiced non-violent forms of protest and advocacy

. Both
effectively changed the popular opinion about emotional issues for their countries and brought in a wave of change that was long overdue.
But the practice of non-violent protest, or civil disobedience, started long before either Gandhi or King. It began with a quiet, shy poet who is
best known for writing a lot about a pond.
Henry David Thoreau lived from 1817 until 1862, mainly in the area of Concord, Massachusetts. The issue that would tear the country apart
in the 1860s had already begun dividing the nation. Thoreau was only 14 when Nat Turner led the slave rebellion in Virginia and was later
hanged. In his late 20s, Thoreau began speaking against slavery in public, echoing the voices of freedmen like Frederick Douglass and Lewis
Hayden
Thoreau believed that a government that supported slavery was corrupt and immoral. He was also deeply suspicious of government. For
these and other reasons, Thoreau refused to pay his poll tax for a number of years. The poll tax was a legal tax owed by every person. It was
basically a tax on one's body. After not paying for years, he was at last arrested. He spent only one night in jail, however, a relative paid the
tax for him. He was reportedly furious that any tax was paid on his behalf.
It was this experience that Thoreau wrote about in an essay called "Civil Disobedience. In this essay, he argued that being moral and just
came before allegiance to government. He wrote "If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of
injustice to another, then, I say, break the law! He also felt that voting was not enough to ensure that the right thing be done. He wrote that
"even voting for the right is doing nothing for it... A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance." He felt that one had a moral
responsibility to resist unjust laws.
Review the third paragraph of Part 1:
Thoreau believed that a government that supported slavery was corrupt ond immoral. He was also deeply suspicious of government. For these and
other reasons, Thoreau refused to pay his poll tax for a number of years. The poll tax was a legal tax owed by every person. It was basically a tax on
one's body. After not paying for years, he was at last arrested. He spent only one night in jail however as a relative paid the tax for him. He was
reportedly furious that any tax was paid on his behalf.
How does the final sentence in the paragraph show the change in the way Thoreau is described? (5 points)
It emphasizes the strength of his beliefs,
It implies he was unpredictable.
It suggests he wasn't such a nice man.
It suggests he really didn't like jail
History
1 answer:
Inessa05 [86]2 years ago
5 0

Answer: The first one

Explanation: Thoreau went as far as not paying his poll tax because of his suspicion of the government, which shows how strong his beliefs were.

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