Hello, I am doing social Sciences 2024 Year 10
Must know words:
Colonisation: A process of establishing control over specific territories or peoples for the purpose of cultivation.
Independence: The fact or state of being independent.
Empire: An extensive group of states or countries ruled over by a single monarch, an oligarchy, or a sovereign state.
Passive Resistance: Non-violent opposition to authority, especially a refusal to cooperate with legal requirements.
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Mahatma Gandhi
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Civil rights:
What is the salt march?
The salt march was a nonviolent march which happened in 1930. It was a 24 day march which lasted from 12th march – 5 April 1930. The march spanned 378 kilometers from Sabarmati to Dandi, has they marched lots of Indians joined. When the Indians reached Dandi they collected water from the ocean to make there own salt. The salt production and distribution in India had long been a lucrative monopoly of the British. Indians were poor and could not afford to pay for salt tax to the British government, so they decided to protest. Then Gandhi broke the salt laws at 8:30 6 April 1930, it sparked large-scale of civil disobedience against the salt laws by millions of Indians. The march on the salt works went ahead on May 21, 2,500 marches got attacked and beaten by police.
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Significant historical event
- The importance of the event to people alive at the time:
Coloured people wanted to go to school with white people.
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Why is Rosa Parks significant?
Rosa parks did not want to give up her sit on the bus, along with other ladies.
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