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Independence. Definition : A group of people that gain freedom to rule themselves. (independence of a country). Synonyms (same as):. Vocabulary Word: Independence. Use it meaningfully in a Sentence :. Draw a picture of it:. Who “owned” it?. India. Vietnam.
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Independence Definition: A group of people that gain freedom to rule themselves. (independence of a country) Synonyms (same as): Vocabulary Word: Independence Use it meaningfully in a Sentence: Draw a picture of it:
Who “owned” it? India Vietnam • Great Britain and France took control of India and Vietnam. This is called colonization. Great Britain France
India Ruled by Britain • Great Britain wanted India for trade (spices, cotton) • India’s government was run by Great Britain.
Imagine… • The United States was run by Australia!?!? What problems would we run into?
India’s growth of Nationalism • Indian people began to see that they wanted Indians to rule India.
Gandhi • He was one of the leaders of the Indian independence movement. • Gandhi used “non-violent” protest to fight unfair British laws.
Indian Independence • Great Britain was pressured into giving Indians their independence. • It took many, many nonviolent protest from Gandhi and others to make this happen.
Brain Joggers • In the first picture (the man putting a flower in the gun), who do you have more sympathy for, the man with the gun or the man with the flower? Why? • In the two pictures concerning the American civil rights movement (sit-ins and Rosa Parks), why did these people use non violent protest? • Who is more brave in the picture with the tank and the man? Is it the man in front of the tank or the tank driver? Why?
Questions • Why does Dr. King say that non violent protest is needed? • Instead of non violent demonstrations, what alternatives would his critics have recommended? • What did King hope to accomplish by demonstrating publicly?
2/ 25 Brain Jogger Please read page 611- 613 in your book and answer the following questions: • Why did the British want to set up factories and trading centers in India? • How did the Indians react to the British? • What were Gandhi’s hopes for India?
Gandhi: King – 6 Major Principles of Nonviolence • It is not a method for cowards: it does resist. – G. if cowardice is the only alternative to violence, it is better to fight. • It does not seek to defeat or humiliate the opponent, but to win his friendship and understanding – Tactic: to awaken a sense of moral shame in the opponent. (moral jiu-jitsu, p.57) • The attack is directed against forces of evil rather than against persons who happen to be doing the evil – Issue not – race or color, but injustice and evil. • A willingness to accept suffering without retaliation, to accept blows from the opponent without striking back. – Suffering can save both the black and white from a paralysis of the spirit. • It is based on the conviction that the universe is on the side of justice. – Here comes our hope. • It avoids not only external physical violence but also internal violence of the spirit. – King will root his non-violence in love-force (G. was in “truth-force)