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  • Indians promised more self-rule but it does

not really happen

  • April 13, 1919, a large but peaceful crowd

met in a field in Amritsar.

  • British commander, General Reginald Dyer

had banned public meetings.

  • Dyer open fired on the crowd.
  • Turning point

Summarize what happened in the Amritsar

Massacre.

  • 1920s Gandhi becomes new leader and

unites Indians.

  • Indians call him Mahatma, or "Great Soul"
  • Faced racial prejudice in South Africa, which

inspired him to fight against racial injustice.

  • Ahimsa: nonviolence and reverence for life.
  • Rejected the inequalities of the caste system
  • Urged equal rights for men and women.
  • The refusal to obey unjust laws
  • Gandhi called for boycotts of British goods

especially textiles.

  • Indians encouraged to wear only cotton

grown and woven in India.

Use Civil Disobedience and ahimsa in a sentence.

Write it in your notes.

  • Indians forced to buy salt sold by British

government.

  • March 12, Gandhi and 78 followers set out on to the sea. Thousands join them.
  • Gandhi and tens of thousands were imprisoned for illegally taking and selling salt.
  • April 6, Gandhi raises salt over his head and says
  • "With this, I am shaking the foundations of the British empire."

Read pg. 731-733 in text and fill in the timeline.

Assignment

Salt March

Amritsar Massacre

Civil Disobedience

India Seeks Self-Rule

Ahimsa

Mohandas Gandhi

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