Passive resistance commonly refers to actions of nonviolent protest or resistance to authority. The central feature is the conscious choice by the actors to abstain from a violent response even in the face of violent aggression. The term came into common use during the independence struggle in India between the 1920s and 1948. It has been used widely by groups who lack formal authority or position and has sometimes been called the “weapon of the weak.<span>”
</span><span>Active resistance can be two things depending upon the application of the term. In criminal justice, active resistance means a law enforcement officer coming into contact with someone who physically counters what the officer is attempting to do. In governmental philosophy, active resistance is defined as anarchism against a state or government for the purposes of disrupting the established order.</span><span>
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Inventions of the electric light, steam engine and railroads helped in the growth of U.S's Industrial boom in the 1900s during the Industrial Revolution bringing a rise for more labor. The invention of the railroad system, for example, made it possible to transport goods over long distances or a short period resulting in the creation of more jobs in various industries (Mantoux, 2013). These inventions of the industrial revolution affected workers, i.e., workers were paid poorly, child labor was introduced, cities were crowded and filled with diseases (Nelson, 1996).
Mantoux, P. (2013). The industrial revolution in the eighteenth century: An outline of the beginnings of the modern factory system in England. Routledge.
Nelson, D. (1996). Managers and workers: origins of the twentieth-century factory system in the United States, 1880–1920<span>. Univ of Wisconsin Press.</span>
If I'm not mistaken, it was used as a neutral zone. Basically splitting hostiles from non-hostiles. It was also being used as a safe haven for the poor who couldn't pay taxes.
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