USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -civil disobedience, also called passive resistance, the refusal to obey the demands or commands of a government or occupying power, without resorting to violence or active measures of opposition; its usual purpose is to force concessions from the government or occupying power.

Detailed explanation-2: -Breaking of Salt Act gave rise to Civil Disobedience Movements. Major difference between Civil Disobedience Movement and Non cooperation movement was, non cooperation movement refused to cooperate with British but Civil Disobedience Movement refuses to cooperate and also to break the British law.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hint: The Civil Disobedience movement was started by Mahatma Gandhi with his Dandi March. This march was undertaken in order to defy the British salt law. The movement began with the salt march which is also known as the Dandi march to protest against the British monopoly over salt.

Detailed explanation-4: -Civil disobedience is the active, professed refusal of a citizen to obey certain laws, demands, orders or commands of a government (or any other authority).

Detailed explanation-5: -The march covered over 240 miles, from Gandhiji’s ashram in a place called Sabarmati to the Gujarati coastal town of Dandi. On 6 April he reached Dandi, and ceremonially violated the law, and started manufacturing salt by boiling seawater. This movement marked the beginning of the Civil Disobedience Movement.