To explain his reaction to being arrested for not paying taxes
He was arrested for not paying taxes.
Civil Disobedience
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Transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau
"Civil Disobedience" was an essay written by Henry David Thoreau, published in 1849
Henry David Thoreau.
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Thoreau refers to civil disobedience as merley a right to show that the people have the say of what they believe in its their duty to stand for the unjust laws
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi or Henry David Thoreau. Either of them is arguably the founder/inventor of civil disobedience.
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Civil disobedience is the act of deliberately disobeying established laws or norms in order to protest or bring about social or political change. Thoreau's example includes his refusal to pay taxes in protest of the U.S. government's involvement in the Mexican-American War and support of slavery, as detailed in his essay "Civil Disobedience."