Chill disobedience part 1 most people remember gandhi and dr martin luther king jr as reformers who practiced non-violent forms of protest and advocacy. both effectively changed the popular opinion about emotional issues for their countries and brought in a wave of change that was long overdue. but the practice of non-violent protest, or civil dacbedience started long before either candhi or king it began with a quiet shy poet who is best known for writing a lot about a pond henry david thoreached from 1817 until 1862, mainly in the area of concord massachusetts. the issue that would tear the country apart in the 1860s had already begun dividing the nation. thoreau was only 14 when nat tumer led the stove mbellion in virginia and was later hanged in his late 20s thoreau began speaking against slavery in public, echoing the voices of treedmen ke frederick douglass and lewis hayden thomas believed that a govemment that supported slavery was compt and immoral. he war abe deeply suspicious of govemment. for these and other reasons, thoreau refused to pay his poll tax for a number of years. the poll tax was a legal tax owed by every person. it was basically a tax on one's body. after not paying for years, he was at last amested. he spent only one night in jail, however, as a relative paid the tax for him. he was reportedly furious that any tax was paid on his behalf o i was this experience that thoreau wrote about in an essay called oil dacbedience in this essay he argued that being moral and just came before allegiance to government. he wrote the machine of government is of such a ure that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another then i say break the low"he also felt that voting was not enough to ensure that the right thing be done. he wrote that even woting for the night is doing nothing for it a wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance" he felt that one had a moral responsibility to resist unjust lows. what is the main idea of the bolded paragraph? (spoints) thoreau disliked paying his poll taxes thoreau spent only a night in jail because of a relative thomau would not support compt government. thoreau set an example for others to follow save & exit submit all answers