Mahatma Gandi

Mahatma Gandi was major politcal and spiritual leader of india and the independance movement. 3 types of civil disobedience he did were he organized poor farmers and labourers to protest against oppressive taxation and widespread discrimination, assisted Indians in opposing a bill to deny them the right to vote, also Gandhi argued that Indians must support the war effort in order to legitimize their claims to full citizenship, organizing a volunteer ambulance corps of 300 free Indians and 800 indentured labourers called the Indian Ambulance Corps, one of the few medical units to serve wounded black South Africans. Him and Martin Luther king are simular because they both used civil disobedience, fought to obtaim human and racial rights, the both won the noble peace prize, they both used violent and non violent tactics.

Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela won the Nobel Peace Prize for all people who have working for peace and standing up against racism. He was the former president of South Africa and African national congress, Which made him very important to africa. He spent almost 3 decades of his life in jail because he sacrificed his life and his youth to his people which is why he is known as africas best known and loved hero. His non-violent tactics were protesting against the aparthied, then nelson mandela and a group of anti-aparthied protesters were charged with treason in 1956.

Chinese head tax

Chinese head tax happened back in 1885 when the CPR was completed. Every person of chinese origin coming into canada had to pay $50 to enter which increased all the way up to $500 in 1903. Not only did they have to pay to enter canada but they were denied canadian citizenship. In all the canadian federal government collected $23 million off of head tax. I think this was very wrong because they it was only the people of chinese origin that had to pay head tax to enter, and with the chinese labour wages they were making very little and to make $500 they would work for almost 2 years.

Fieldtrip i didnt go on

The best part about not going on the trip was that i could actually go to work and make money, and the class was really small and quiet. The worst part about not going on the fieldtrip was missing all the fun stuff they probably did and not learning all the information in person. One important thing i learnt about the B.C. legislature was that people can have a say in the laws they are making.

Civil disobedience

Civil disobedience means the refusal to obey laws in order to force a government to change the laws. This description relates to Martin luther king started a group to gather the moral authority and organizing power of black chuches to start non-violent protests in the service of civil rights reform and continued to dominate the organization. He was a user of the ways of non-violent civil disobedience and idea of which he got from Mahatma Gandhi.

Nellie McClung

Nellie McClung was one of the most important leaders of Canada she was their first waqve of feminism. Today she is still remembered for her big part in the "person's case". Which made canadian women declared people in 1929. The person's case also allowed women to become senators and in other government places which is what one of her partners in the situation wanted to do named Emily Murphy. In my opinion what they did as great because i dont think its right for ment to think of women as lesser people and not as an equal citizen. It took a lot of courage for them to stand up to everyone for their rights, and it is very good that they did because now woman are thought as to be equal.

Tommy Douglas

why chosen in a recent cbc poll as the most important citizen in canadian history?

Tommy douglas was chosen as the most important citizen in canadian history by Cbc polls because for more then 50 years his devotion to political causes rousing powers of speech and charming personality made him a unstoppable political force, known as canadas father of medicare stayed true and loyal to his socialist beliefs often at the cause of his own fortune this process has gained him respect by many canadians. He stepped down as a leader in 1971 and died of cancer in 1986.