Terms Defined 

Boycott- Withdraw from commercial or social relations with (a country, organization, or person) as a punishment or protest. 

Civil Disobedience- The refusal to comply with certain laws or to pay taxes and fines, as a peaceful form of political protest.

Civil Rights- The equality, social and political freedom of citizens.

Indian National Congress (INC)- An Indian political party, founded in 1885. Its founding members proposed economic reforms and wanted a larger role in the making of British policy for India.

Indian Nationalist Movement- Encompasses a widespectrum of political organizations,philosophies, and movements which had the common aim of ending first, East India Company, then British colonial authority in parts of South Asia.

Montgomery Improvement Association- Formed December 5, 1955 by Black ministers and community leaders to give direction to the bus boycott.

Poll Tax- A tax levied on every adult, without reference to their income or resources.

Quit India Movement- The purpose of this movement was to set up series of non-violent ways hopefully leading up to the long awaited Independence.

Revolution- A forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system 

Rowlatt Acts- The acts allowed certain political cases to be tried without juries and permitted internment of suspects without trial, it was a way to deal with revolutionaries such as Gandhi. 

Satyagraha- A method of direct social action based upon the principles courage, nonviolence and truth, which promoted nonviolence and civil disobedience as the most appropriate methods for obtaining political and social goals.

Segregation Laws- Also known as Jim Crow Laws. The discrimination and separation of Blacks in society.

Sit-ins- Protesting racial discrimination by occupying an area of a segregated establishment.

Swaraj- It can mean generally self-governance or "self-rule", and was used synonymously with "home-rule" by Gandhi.