I believe the sepoy rebellion moved indians closer to independence
The sepoy rebellion was initiated by Indians rebels to break free from the control of the British' companies that occupied Indian territory.
Even though the rebellion failed, it created distrust in the heart of British' government to ever trust indian millitary again. This made the British chose to separate its influence from the indian millitary, which provide a little room for the Indians to mobilize for independence.
Yes and no. But mostly yes.
The Mayans impressively developed a concept of zero as a number and as a placeholder. They did so in the 4th century AD, and what makes it especially impressive is that they more or less did so on their own, without borrowing from or exchanging ideas with other civilizations.
However, unlike ancient India, who developed the concept of zero around the same time, the Maya never applied to to mathematical calculations, using it mostly as a placeholder and a concept in their complex calenders.
Zero really becomes a powerful force in science and math when you begin applying the concept to equations. A number times zero is zero, a number divided by zero can't exist but theoretically is infinite, etc. Although the Mayans never applied zero to their impressive advancements in geometry, construction, etc, they did invent the concept essentially from scratch, which is an impressive feat that few other societies accomplished in the ancient world.
The list can go on forever, but the main ones were:
<span>Niccolò Machiavelli.
Francis Bacon.
<span>Nicolaus Copernicus.</span></span>
I don't know your options, so let me just describe the quote with just the material I have.
The quote is encouraging the acceptance of violence, and it sees violence as something refreshing or non-negative - violence is a way for the citizens to let the government know that they value freedom and that they will not accept corruption.
it also sees freedom as something that needs to be sustained, and if people don't fight for it, they might loose it.