Henry+David+Thoreau

He was a transcendentalist. He did not want to pay the tax for the war so he chose to go to jail instead. He is best known for his book Walden, which he wrote when he was in isolation all alone in a cabin. He lived for two years near Walden Pond in a cabin he built. He wrote "Civil Disobedience" where he talked about how you should resist the government if what they say goes against what you believe.

Transcendentalists believed there were more than 5 senses and he followed this belief by isolating himself in order to experience all the senses they believed in.

He refused to pay a poll tax because he thought the money was going towards the Mexican/ American War and he didn't agree with this war. Therefore, he spent one night in jail. This led to him writing "Civil Disobedience". He was an anarchist.