What instigated the Sepoy Rebellion?

O

A. Anger that the Americans controlled the economies of Honduras

and Guatemala in Central America

O

B. News that Belgians in the Congo Free State cut off the hands of

rubber plantation workers who did not meet their quotas

O

C. The rumor that the British were forcing Muslim and Hindu soldiers

to use cartridges greased with cow and pig fat

O

D. Dissatisfaction about the British taking land from local Africans

and giving it to European colonists

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Enrique Bean

31 August, 15:55

What instigated the Sepoy Rebellion?

O

A. Anger that the Americans controlled the economies of Honduras

and Guatemala in Central America

O

B. News that Belgians in the Congo Free State cut off the hands of

rubber plantation workers who did not meet their quotas

O

C. The rumor that the British were forcing Muslim and Hindu soldiers

to use cartridges greased with cow and pig fat

O

D. Dissatisfaction about the British taking land from local Africans

and giving it to European colonists

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Natalya Hoover · Answer 1

C

Explanation:

A rumor started saying that the cartidges that they were using were greased up with cow and pig fat. (muslims don't eat pork and hindis worship cows as a holy animal)