Thursday, September 11, 2008

When is breaking the law justified?

Have you ever had to break the law just to see if your natural rights were being upheld? Well these people made very hard sacrifices to fight for their rights. And they didn't do this just for them. They did it for the rights of American citizens and the rights of their people.

In the revolutionary times colonist didn't have all of their natural rights. They had to pay taxes without any say-so. Soldiers were living in their homes without their consent. One of the actions they took was the writing the Declaration of Independence. They were justified as breaking the law. The people who signed it had critical consequences, but it made the United States a better place. We didn't belong to the British anymore.

I think Rosa Parks is a good example of when breaking the law is justified. When she sat at the front of the front of the bus and refused to move, that started a political movement. Her actions sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Rosa parks broke the law to prove a point to the government that whites were no different than blacks. After the boycott, it allowed blacks to sit anywhere they wanted.

Both of these incidents will be remembered in American history. In both of them one side was being controlled by the other. But they fought as much as they could for the rights they deserved. In the revolutionary times they signed the D.O.C. And the British didn't controll us anymore. And in the 1900s they started the Montgomery Bus Boycott and blacks were able to sit where they wanted. So both sides got what they wnated. Freedom and Natural Rights.

Sometimes breaking the law isn't always bad. Sometimes people have to break the law to prove a point, or fight for the rights of their people. Rosa fought for the rights of her people. And the Americans fought for their country. Both sides came out victorious.

2 comments:

carrie said...

Ok. You have the right ideas, and your on the right track, but you need more specifics to defend your arguments. This needs to be at least 5 paragraphs long, and you need to make sure that you're meeting the expectations set out in the directions.

Please make additions to earn more points. As is 33/50 points.

carrie said...

The bus boycotts were not just fighting to sit where they wanted, they were fighting all legal segregation laws. Overall a great essay! Made solid arguments and defended yourself.

Well done. A couple small errors, but overall well written. 49/50 points.