65.6k views
2 votes
3. What caused the Sepoys to revolt? What difficulties did the Sepoys have during the revolt?

1 Answer

5 votes

Answer:

The immediate cause of the Indian Revolt of 1857, or Sepoy Mutiny, was a seemingly minor change in the weapons used by the British East India Company's troops. ... In order to open the cartridges and load the rifles, soldiers (known as sepoys) had to bite into the paper and tear it with their teeth

Step-by-step explanation:

User Levi Botelho
by
7.6k points

Related questions

asked Oct 13, 2022 224k views
AnsonH asked Oct 13, 2022
by AnsonH
9.0k points
1 answer
5 votes
224k views
asked Mar 12, 2022 43.1k views
Ming asked Mar 12, 2022
by Ming
7.0k points
2 answers
5 votes
43.1k views
Welcome to QAmmunity.org, where you can ask questions and receive answers from other members of our community.