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Which American writer went to jail for refusing to pay taxes because didn’t want his money used to support the Mexican War? A. Henry David Thoreau B. Mark Twain C. Horace Greeley D. James Fennimore Cooper

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A. Henry David Thoreau.

Thoreau was an early non-violent activist and a writer who advocated peace and freedom. Henry David Thoreau advocated for peaceful, non-violent resistance in his book Civil Disobedience written in 1849 following his resistance to the Mexican-American War beginning in 1846-1848. Thoreau believed the war was about conquest and extending slavery. He resisted the growth of the government which limited the freedom of the American people.

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A (Henry David Thoreau)

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