1. who is the friend that gandhi is writing this letter to? what is the meaning of "civil disobedience
2. why is gandhi so opposed to the salt tax?
3. what is the specific act of civil disobedience that gandhi is threatening to carry out?
4. why do you think gandhi tells lord irvin that he dreads carrying out the act of disobedience? is civil disobedience always a nonviolent tactic?
5. how does this letter help explain why gandhi's tactics were successful?

1. Lord Irwin (the English Governor in India); refusal to comply with certain laws or to pay taxes and fines as a peaceful form of political protest.
2. It made it so the normal person could easily afford salt, even though they need it more than rich, British men.
3. He would, with some co-worker, would have ignored the Salt Tax altogether.
4. Even if it isn’t violent, Gandhi knows it’s in other ways harming. By definition, civil disobedience is nonviolent.
5. He wasn’t doing irrational actions, but he put a ton of thought behind everything.

Аноним Аноним · Answer 2 · 2019-05-16T06:24:24+02:00

Answer: 1.- Gandhi is writing the letter to Lord Irwing ( the British Goverrnor). civil disobedience is denial to agree with certain laws or to pay taxes as a form of peaceful protest.

2.- Gandhy says by walking to the ocean and picking some salt: This salt is free. Why do Indians have to pay taxes?. Salt in India is very useful specially for poor people and they are the ones that will suffer more if it rises.

3.- They would ignore the salt tax with some colleagues.

4.- Because Gandhi doesn't like violence and he always obeys the law. Civil disobedience has to be a non-violent act to have success.

5- Gandhi was a thoughtful person and he was taking level-headed decisions.