Starting in the 1870s, countries in Africa such as Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, and India, Vietnam, in Asia were being colonized by the British. In order to gain their independence back they took non-violent and militant actions. Though both strategies were successful one was more successful that the other. Non-violent actions were successful in peacefully getting the countries independence. In document 1, a letter written by Mahatma Gandhi to lord Irwin in 1930 before marching to the sea and breaking the British Salt Tax he states, “Even the salt the peasants must use to live is so taxed as to make the burden fall heaviest on him… My ambition is no less than to convert the British people through nonviolence”. He wanted to make the …show more content…
He is threatening France saying that his people are willing to do anything in their power to be in charge of their country again. Document 4 is a photograph taken by an unknown source in Nairobi, 1952. This photograph shows Mau Mau suspects being taken away by British officers. The Mau Mau was a violent group in Kenya. This group violent and killed many people. It was successful because the battle convinced the British government that Kenya needed reforms. In document 6 “We are at War!” written on December 16,1961 by Umkhonto we Sizwe, military wing of the African National Congress, led by Nelson Mandela, it states, “We have tried every way to reason with the white surpremacists. … We organized mass demonstrations, pass-burnings, peaceful stay-at-homes….Strikers and demonstrator were shot in cold blood” South African protesters were being killed and their organization, the African National Congress was outlawed. They had no choice but to fight back. It was somewhat successful because many people of color were united to protest and stand up for what they believed in. However, it was not so good because the government started using violence and arrested those who protested. Though India in document 1 was very successful in gaining their independence peacefully, that was not the case for every country. South Africa in document 6 really had to fight for their independence and many protesters were murdered in the