Mahatma Gandhi Dbq Essay

10 million Indian lives were taken by the british during their rule over India. Great Britain gained control of India in 1601 with the English East India Company and later because of their strong army, navy, and economic power Great Britain saw an opportunity to gain control of a vast amount of land and took control of India. Many natives were against British control because of their unjustified way of ruling, but one man lead a nonviolent movement that made India independent again, his name was Mahatma Gandhi. Gandhi’s non-violent movement was able to work because of his determination, the support from other protesters and his willingness to keep the protest non-violent.

Gandhi's determination to make India independent again is one

Gandhi's determination was seen when he did not stop protesting even after he was sent jail for it . “Gandi would spend 2338 days in jail” (Document C) from this quote we can see that nothing would stop Gandhi from getting India its independence. Every time Gandhi got out of jail he continued to break laws he viewed as unfair as well continue to protest. Gandhi showed the most determination to free India when he went on the salt march. “Before embarking on civil disobedience and taking a risk I have dreaded to take all these years… I do not intend to harm a single englishmen… even though they might do the greatest wrong to me and mine”(Document A). This shows how determined Gandhi is and that nothing will stop him, he is willing to march to his doom than to stop the protesting. He knows that by “ embarking on civil disobedience”(Document A) he would be punished. Yet his faith and perseverance

They had a strong trust and faith in Gandhi which was seen in the march of Dharasana. “In complete silence the Gandhi men drew up and halted hundred yards from the stockade… Suddenly at a word of command scores of native police rushed upon the advancing marchers and rained blows to their heads with their steel shod not one of the marchers even raised an arm to fend off a blow”(Document B). Here it is clear to see how how loyal the protesters were to Gandhi and the idea of a non-violent protest. We can see how the protesters were a big part of the movement because they carried out the non-violence in a much larger and much more dramatic sale than Gandhi did. This is what allowed the movement to work because their dramatic act of non-violence and self composure showed the rest of the world how awful the British government was and how the Indians were doing nothing wrong. The loyalty and faithfulness to Gandhi was incredible and a key factor to the success of the movement, because even after Gandhi's protesters had been “Sentenced to three months imprisonment with hard labor and and had been fined heavy amounts,”(Document C) most continued to protest and fight for what they thought was unfair. The protesters had a quality that helped them in the non-violent movement which was