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Thoreau accepts the motto, ” That the government is best which governs least”(paragraph 1).

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According to Thoreau, government legislators treated trade and commerce in complicated ways, always putting new obstacles in its way. (paragraph 2)

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At the end of the text, Thoreau asks his readers to “make known what kind of government would command [their] respect” (Thoreau, paragraph 3).

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In “Civil Disobedience,” Thoreau is upset with the United States government’s actions, sparked by the Mexican American War. He explains that they government should be less involved and urges people to speak their minds about what they want in a government so that change can happen.