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CAUSES = ﻿why change the current situation? = =who is being repressed?=
 * They wanted to change the current situation because they wanted equality. The British had colonized India. They were ruling for the benefits of the British and not the natives.
 * The British would keep all the top government jobs for themselves. They didn't care about the qualifications of the Indians. As the Indians grew more educated they grew more and more annoyed with the British rule.
 * The native people in India were being repressed by the foreigners.
 * Amritsar Massacre: April 13, 1919. Brigadier General Reginald Dyer, reacted to the killing of three englishmen by an Indian Mob by prohibiting any public meetings and then ordering his soldiers to fire into the crowd at an outdoor gathering. killing 379 and wounding 1,137 with only 1,650 bullets. This slaughterfest sparked an explosion of anger across India. Practically overnight millions of Indians changes from a loyal British subject, into a nationalist. They demanded independence!

﻿IDEAL =﻿what are they shooting for?=  =who is the leader of change?=
 * They want equality! They are tired of the unfairness that Britain is giving them. Desperately poor sharecroppers and landless farmers were being forced to pay oppresseve taxes and grow cash crops at the expense of them to not be able to grow food for themselves and the poor.
 * Mahatama Gandhi: Gandhi emerged as the leader of the independence movement for india. His strategy for batteling the injustice came from his deeply religious approach to political activity. His strategy of a religous approach is blended ideas from all kinds of major world religions such as, Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity.

﻿OUTCOME =﻿ ﻿what happened? = = did they succeed? =
 * Gandhi's civil disobedience had worked. It had taken an economical toll on the British.
 * They had struggeled to keep the trains running, factories operating, and overcrowded jails from bursting! All throughout 1920, the British had arrested thousands of indians that participated in strikes and demonstrations.
 * They have gained representation and were able to use a parlimentry British type of government.
 * 14 territories remain under British Sovernty.
 * They now can atleast control the destiny and future of their own people.