The following passage (paragraph 2) adds to the development of the text mainly by
suggesting that.
Like the Americans with their Declaration of Independence, we had also made a
tryst with war. But this was to be a war without weapons. In March 1930, Gandhi
wrote the British Viceroy that he intended to launch nonviolent resistance by
marching to the sea to break a statute that made the sale and manufacture of
salt a government monopoly, adding that he would accept the consequences
cheerfully and that he was inviting the rest of India to do the same.
A. Gandhi played an active role in India's resistance against Britain
B. India's independence movement was inspired by the American Revolution
C. Gandhi went around India breaking important statues as a form of rebellion
D. Gandhi often spoke for the people of India, whether they agreed with him or not