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Henry was put in jail due to failure to pay his taxes. Bringing up the question 'Why did he not pay his taxes?' Henry refused to pay his taxes which went to the government and he believed his tax money supported the Mexican War. Henry wanted nothing to do with killing of any human being.
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Henry David Thoreau was opposed to the Mexican-American War (which may be what you're referring to), believing it to be an unjust conflict and an example of imperialistic expansion. He famously refused to pay his poll tax in protest, leading to his brief imprisonment and inspiring his essay "Civil Disobedience."
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Who did not support the Mexican war?
Henry David Thoreau as he writes in his essay "Civil Disobedience"
Who refused to pay taxes in protest to the Mexican American war?
Henry David Thoreau.
Who criticzed the Mexican American war?
Abraham Lincoln and Henry David Thoreau, among others…
Who Was arrested for not paying a poll tax to protest the Mexican-American war?
Henry David Thoreau
Who wrote On Civil Disobedience as a response against the Mexican-American War?
Henry David Thoreau
Who wrote on Civil Disobedience as a response against the Mexican American War?
Henry David Thoreau.
Which of these does Henry David thoreau criticize in resistance to civil government?
The Mexican-American War :)
A noted transcendentalist and pacifest he called the Mexican American War an immoral war of conquest?
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.
Which of these men was not a writer before and during the revolutionary war?
Henry david thoreau
Was Henry david Thoreau in the civil war?
no
Who wasn't a writer before the Revolutionary War?
Mark Twain was not a writer before the Revolutionary War.
