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How and why did Henry David Thoreau demonstrate civil disobedience?
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∙ 10y ago
He was a nonconformist who believed, among other things, that no one should do what is against their own will. He was trying to prove that though we live in a free country, he was more free than those who conformed and payed their taxes.
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∙ 15y ago
Henry David Thoreau practiced civil disobedience by refusing to pay his poll tax in protest against the U.S. government's involvement in the Mexican-American War and support of slavery. Thoreau's act was a way to show his refusal to support unjust laws and to peacefully resist government actions that went against his beliefs in individual conscience and morality.
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∙ 10y agoIn 1846 Thoreau refused to pay six years of delinquent poll taxes, in opposition to the Mexican War and to slavery. He spent one night in jail and was freed when someone paid the taxes over his objections.
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Who wrote Civil Disobedience?
Transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau
Who wrote civil disobedience and Walden?
Henry David Thoreau.
Which American Author influenced Gandhi idea of civil disobedience?
Henry David Thoreau
Who was the author of the book 'civil disobedience'?
"Civil Disobedience" was an essay written by Henry David Thoreau, published in 1849
What was the doctrine promoted by american writer Henry David Thoruea in an essay of the same name that later influenced Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr?
Civil disobedience is the doctrine that was promoted by Henry David Thoreau. Civil Disobedience was written and published by Henry David Thoreau in 1849.
What is Henry David Thoreau's theory?
His theory was the idea of non violent civil disobedience
Who did not support the Mexican war?
Henry David Thoreau as he writes in his essay "Civil Disobedience"
Who invented civil disobedience?
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi or Henry David Thoreau. Either of them is arguably the founder/inventor of civil disobedience.
Who wrote On Civil Disobedience as a response against the Mexican-American War?
Henry David Thoreau
5 Which American author influenced Gandhi's idea of civil disobedience?
Henry david thoreau
Who wrote on Civil Disobedience as a response against the Mexican American War?
Henry David Thoreau.
What was the name of the essay written by a transcendentalist in protest of the Mexican war?
The essay was named "Civil Disobedience" and it was written by Henry David Thoreau, a prominent transcendentalist, to protest the Mexican-American War and slavery.
