What Are The Causes Of The Sepoy Rebellion Dbq

In 1837, the Upper and Lower Canada had rebellion. They have many causes why they started this rebellion. Upper and lower Canada had many reasons why they rebelled. Some reasons are similar to Upper or Lower Canada and some reasons are different to each other.These are the similarities and differences of upper Canada and lower Canada rebellion causes.

Daniel Shays was a former officer in the Continental Army (Schultz, 2009). After the war, the economy took a turn for the worse, especially the farmers. The farmers’ income had fallen dramatically due and they were at risk of losing their farms, as well as going to jail for failure to pay their debts. In Massachusetts, a tax increase caused additional worries for the farmers. Some small towns in Massachusetts pleaded with the assembly regarding the taxes and lawsuits. However, their request were declined resulting in protests from the people which resulted in Shays Rebellion. He led a group of 1200 male protestors to the federal arsenal anticipating seizing control and cause the government to address the debt issues.

Bacon's rebellion is a civil war that erupted between the English and the Indians in the Chesapeake whose main cause was land and labor. Since the English men were facing hunger, they decided to go out in search of greener pastures that included the search for new lands to do farming and later change it to cash. The farming itself involved looking a place that they would plant tobacco and as they were in this process, they came along some Indian communities who were already residing at their (English) border. That is when the conflict began whereby the Indian communities were beaten up and forced to flee from the area. This not only affected the Indians but also former servants who had worked with the colonialists and were part and parcel of the colonists as they ended up being landless.

The settlers were additionally letting their steers run free through the Indian domains, the dairy cattle was devastating the Indian estates of corn and abandoning them hungry for the winter. The pioneer's puritans were additionally attempting to change over the Native Americans into their religion; this made erosion between the two groups on the grounds that the settlers were attempting to force their religion over the

The main arguments that people have who are anti secession are that the new-formed state is not powerful enough on their own and that there is the potential to lose their constitutional rights. An example of the first point would be when Maine was first talking about seceding to create their own state, but Shay’s rebellion had just occurred in Massachusetts. Maine saw the damage and all that it took to put down the rebellion and Maine knew that they did not have the power to defeat an uprising like that. But all Maine had to do was wait and build up its power and create an army and by the time Maine got it’s statehood, Maine would be able to fend off attacks. This argument eventually becomes invalid, as it is only good for so long as states

Beyond the court records, newspaper accounts and white eyewitness accounts, which reflect the views of those who feared and hated Nat Turner, very little is known about his life or his reasons for plotting and carrying out a rebellion. One possible exception was the Confessions of Nat Turner, written down by the attorney Thomas R. Gray after he interviewed Turner in jail. Recent scholarship has demonstrated that Gray was the disinherited son of a wealthy father who may well have secretly sympathized with Turner on some level. Turner's rebellion began with seven men who raided the farm of Joseph Travis and killed the entire family. Then the rebels travelled from house to house, killing every white person they encountered, until they were defeated in a skirmish and dispersed or captured. It lasted only a few days, and involved 60-80 slaves who killed 57-60 whites, while hundreds of slaves died in retaliation. White Southerners generally assumed that if slavery was ever abolished they would suffer the same fate as Turner's victims, and they blamed white and black abolitionists like David Walker, William Lloyd Garrison and Frederick Douglass for inspiring such revolts. They also regarded Turner as a fanatic and perhaps a madman, inspired by religious hallucinations, while to abolitionists he was a hero. Like Gabriel Prosser, Denmark Vesey and other slave rebels in Brazil and the West Indies, Turner was motivated in his goals and methods by religious, such as a war in heaven

Sepoy Rebellion was violent and very bloody rebellion against British rule in India in 1857. In British East India Company began hiring Indian citizens as troops. British government began training Indians to fight with their weapons and methods. The Indians were called “Sepoys” and soon they became the largest part of the British forces in India. After British gaining 2/3 of India’s land, imperialism had begun to disturbed every part of Indian life. The point that begin the revolts as the introduction of loading rifles with the biting of a greased cartridge which the sepoys were afraid of either it was cow or pig fat. The Hindu sepoys saw this as an attempt to break their caste to make them all Christians. When Indians said use another rifle

The cause of the sepoy mutiny started with allegedly cow-fat greased cartridges in weapons, and then lead to thoughts that the government was against the sepoys. In the following quote, Joseph Coohill states that cartridges were offensive to the Hindu and Muslim faith, and the soldiers were required to use the weapons. "Many native infantryman (sepoys) believed that these new cartridges introduced in early 1857 had been greased by cow and pig fat. The sepoys were required to bite open the cartridges, and would come into direct contact with the cow and pig grease, which was insulting to Hindus and Muslims respectively," (Document E). Since cows are sacred to those of the Hindu faith, it is sinful and against

The East India Company was government regulated by the British. The company even had its own which was led by the British officers. The army contained sepoys which is another name for the Indian soldiers. Mountstuart Elphinstone stated that, "a delicate and dangerous machine, which a little mismanagement may easily tun against us". It seemed as though later down the road, his statements would become a reality. The outbreak of the Sepoy Mutiny would prove him correct. A large uprising would occur over northern India, fights would break out. The Sepoy Mutiny would mainly be fought between the British and the sepoys.

One might argue that the most significant short term impact of the Indian Mutiny was the British taking direct control of India through crown control creating a positive relationship. The Indian Mutiny caused this short term impact as in the aftermath of the rebellion the British understood that the administration of India must be brought under closer government control to prevent such a mutiny recurring in the future. In addition to the British taking direct control the mutiny had various other short term impacts amongst the most significant where the British developing a feeling of mistrust towards Indians and brutal force being established as a key method in controlling Indian nationalism. In order to validate my argument I will use a range of contemporary sources including illustrations, satirical cartoons, government proclamations and firsthand accounts. These sources will be cross-referenced with one another to ensure the validity of the argument and the reliability of the sources will also be taken into consideration to form a justified conclusion.

In the past Indians tried to rebel against the British in 1857, only to be unsuccessful. The Sepoys went against British authority because it was rumored that P-53 rifles cartridges contained animal fat. This is considered to be religiously unacceptable to Hindu and Muslim Sepoys. The reason why the mutiny was unsuccessful is that of the lack of support. In the American Revolution, the 13 colonies received support from France, Spain, and the Netherlands against the British. In Gandhi's civil disobedience, he has gained support from civilians. The rebellion against the British in 1857 was different, it was mainly comprised of Sepoys.

Nearly 100 years prior to partition, the British had already begun division based upon religion. At first, the British tolerated and respected the Sepoys’ religious beliefs. Although they were relegated to the lower ranks, the British put forth an effort to be religiously sensitive towards them. Soon after, however, those once tolerant ideologies had taken a turn towards racism. In 1857, a rumor spread that the Lee Enfield Rifles’ cartridges contained pork and beef fat. This presented a problem with both the Hindus and the Muslims in the army, as they had to bite these cartridges, resulting in them going against both faiths. The refusal of the Sepoys led to the Great Revolt of 1857. Those who refused were publicly humiliated and expelled or

However, this article elaborates more those ideas than the lecture. The article takes us through the events that occurred thorough the Indian Mutiny, while using pictures to emphasize, and make their points clearer. Additionally, the article describes how the British viewed the mutineers, as “murdering shoe keepers”. However, the article also goes into detail how the British were not the only ones massacred. As stated in the article, the casualties among the Indian Christian were far more numerous. Furthermore, the article also suggests that the paper in the Indian National archive were not explored properly. If explored properly it would add new insight into the Indian Mutiny. Equally important, the article Nana Sahib at Cawnpore: 1857 by Christopher Hibbert, describes the attack on Cawnpore in 1857. The article describes the attack on the British where most men were killed, and the women and children were taken as hostages. Then Nana Sahib ordered them to be killed, and thrown in a well. This is when the British acted in vengeance, stuffing pork and beef down the Nana Sahib’s Collector Sprisoner, as well as threatening to kill Nana Sahib, and his

Unfortunately, the chances of a Prole rebellion are slim. Proles lack education, ability to organize, ability to obtain supplies. They also lack knowledge of their own oppression. It is hard to expect people to fight against something they don’t realize is there in the first place. However, even if the Proles realized they were being oppressed, it is doubtful that they could organize themselves in any fashion. They would have no means of widespread communication. They would have trouble forming groups or holding meetings, and would likely be exhausted from working. “But if there was hope, it lay in the proles. You had to cling on to that. When you put it in words it sounded reasonable: it was when you looked at the human beings passing you

In fact, the blow inflicted by the Indian Mutiny to Britain's confidence and credibility was renewed by the Jamaica Rebellion, so that it became urgent to redefine ‘what kind of social and political organization there should be in Britain and in her colonies. When deciding what to do about the rebellious sepoys of India, it appeared that ‘while “comparatively trifling” mutinies could be contained, the scale and severity of the current conflict was seen to challenge to the very basis of British rule.’ Similarly, for Semmel there was a real danger, particularly as ‘the 1860's were a time of transition, and […] the controversy over the Jamaica events came at a time when the smell of revolution was clearly perceptible.’ Britain therefore had to quieten its internal disagreements while reasserting its imperial rule more firmly if it wanted to avoid