PLEASE USE THE TEXT OF THE ATTACHED DOCUMENT IN THE IMAGE AND THE DOCUMENT I WILL WRITE TO ANSWER ONE OF THE QUESTIONS. What are Sita Ram’s main claims about what caused the Sepoy Rebellion? Vocabulary ● Oudh: Region in northern India ● Garrison: the troops stationed in a fortress or town to defend it. ● Enfield rifles: Loading the Enfield required tearing open the greased cartridge with one's teeth 3) Do you think this is a reliable source? Why or why not? The next question with which you will compare the document I will attach it here. How do Sita Ram’s arguments compare to those in Document A and Document B? Document A: e religion of the Hindus, who form a great part of the natives in India, teaches many things which seem very strange to Englishmen. Among other things they are taught that they will be defiled if they eat any part of a cow. By this defilement they will meet with much contempt from their fellows and will suffer much after death in another world. The bulk of the army in India was composed of Hindus. It happened that an improved rifle had lately been invented for the use of the soldiers, and that the cartridges used in this rifle needed to be greased so they could be rammed down easily into the barrel. The Hindus men believed that the grease was made of the fat of cows, though this was not really the case. There was, therefore, much suspicion and angry feeling among the native soldiers, and when ignorant men are suspicious and angry, they are likely to break out into deeds of unreasoning fury. Document B: Any considerable offense offered to [the Brahmins] . . . might seriously endanger the fidelity of the native troops; and there seems to be little doubt that offense has been given. Injudicious attempts to convert sepoys to Christianity have been made, and [the sepoys believed] that they were to be converted by compulsion. . .. At the same time, it is impossible to dissociate the revolt and the [removal] of the Muslim king of Oudh. The province of Oudh had always maintained its independence. . .. But at length the system of government became too bad to be tolerated; the court was a mere hot bed of oppression, intrigue, and sensuality; and the British took control of Oudh. It has never been disputed that this was a merciful change for the people of Oudh; but the people are not always governed by reason. Prejudices – religious, national and social – have paramount influence even in a civilized country; this is even more true in a region sunk into barbarism.

PLEASE USE THE TEXT OF THE ATTACHED DOCUMENT IN THE IMAGE AND THE DOCUMENT I WILL WRITE TO ANSWER ONE OF THE QUESTIONS. What are Sita Ram’s main claims about what caused the Sepoy Rebellion? Vocabulary ● Oudh: Region in northern India ● Garrison: the troops stationed in a fortress or town to defend it. ● Enfield rifles: Loading the Enfield required tearing open the greased cartridge with one's teeth 3) Do you think this is a reliable source? Why or why not? The next question with which you will compare the document I will attach it here. How do Sita Ram’s arguments compare to those in Document A and Document B? Document A: e religion of the Hindus, who form a great part of the natives in India, teaches many things which seem very strange to Englishmen. Among other things they are taught that they will be defiled if they eat any part of a cow. By this defilement they will meet with much contempt from their fellows and will suffer much after death in another world. The bulk of the army in India was composed of Hindus. It happened that an improved rifle had lately been invented for the use of the soldiers, and that the cartridges used in this rifle needed to be greased so they could be rammed down easily into the barrel. The Hindus men believed that the grease was made of the fat of cows, though this was not really the case. There was, therefore, much suspicion and angry feeling among the native soldiers, and when ignorant men are suspicious and angry, they are likely to break out into deeds of unreasoning fury. Document B: Any considerable offense offered to [the Brahmins] . . . might seriously endanger the fidelity of the native troops; and there seems to be little doubt that offense has been given. Injudicious attempts to convert sepoys to Christianity have been made, and [the sepoys believed] that they were to be converted by compulsion. . .. At the same time, it is impossible to dissociate the revolt and the [removal] of the Muslim king of Oudh. The province of Oudh had always maintained its independence. . .. But at length the system of government became too bad to be tolerated; the court was a mere hot bed of oppression, intrigue, and sensuality; and the British took control of Oudh. It has never been disputed that this was a merciful change for the people of Oudh; but the people are not always governed by reason. Prejudices – religious, national and social – have paramount influence even in a civilized country; this is even more true in a region sunk into barbarism.