5/15 - GLOBAL 10: Periods 2,6,8

AIM 155

How did Gandhi's civil disobedience lead to the partition of India?


I.  Civil Disobedience
A.  using peaceful ideas to not follow a law you think is wrong and accepting the consequences for not following the law
B.  Gandhi used civil disobedience to point out that Britain was treating India unfairly
C.  1947 - India partitioned 
1. England created two countries  in 1947
2.  two different Homelands 
3. India became the homeland for Hindus in southeast Asia
4. Pakistan became the homeland for Muslims in southeast Asia