The American Revolution compared to Women rights in the 20th century and when is breaking the law justified

Is there really a time when breaking the law is justified? At the end of this blog I hope to be able to answer this question, with two events in history that Americans broke the law. They felt like their rights weren’t being upheld by the government. The first event was during the American Revolution. The second was during the 20 century when woman felt like their rights was unequally compared men.

The American Revolution was when the colonists took the law in their own hands. To get the type of government they felt they deserve. The colonists at first didn’t have their natural rights. So they started a war to break away from their government and start their own. They also were rebelling way before the war the war was an end result of the government not changing their ways. The colonist was justified in breaking the law. The government was supposed to be helping their people instead of abusing the power they had.

The U.S. government has not upheld the rights of the people since the deal at the end of 1789. Since the American Revolution Americans has broken the law, because they felt like their right weren’t upheld by the U.S. government. This time was in the 20th century when women felt like their rights weren’t equal to men so they started “The Women’s Right Movement”. Women came together to put these in effect in the most democratic ways: through marching, petition driver, lobbying and public speaking. There ways times when some women were arrested for public misconduct. In order to let the government know that women were more than wives and mothers. That they could do just as much as a man or more when it came to equal work and pay and the right to vote. This group had every right to break the law their rights weren’t equal to men and they just wanted equal rights and respect as men. I personal want to thank the women who stood up for their rights and many others rights. If it wasn’t for them women today will still be treated unfairly.

There is a time when breaking the law is justified. I believe that it’s justified when your rights are begin violated. As the colonists and the women of the 20th century believed that their right weren’t being upheld so they took matters into their own hands and was ready for whatever consequences good or bad.