Question

What was Henry David Thoreau’s primary purpose in writing “Civil Disobedience”?

a) to question the governments right to tell him what to do

b) to prove that government works only when the people let it

c) to encourage people to fight in the Mexican-American War

d) to protest taxation for a war he did not believe in

Answer 1

d) to protest taxation for a war he did not believe in

Answer 2

Answer: To protest taxation for a war he did not believe in.