The immediate causes that led to the Revolt of 1857 are as Follows:
i) Discontent and resentment against British rule had been growing among the Indians for a long time. By AD 1857. the stage was set for a massive revolt. Only spark was needed to set the country ablaze spark was provided by the events at Kanpur.Lucknow and Central India.
(ii) The rumours of cartridges smeared with pig and cow Eat spread like wildfire. As the Hindus consider the cow sacred and the Muslims do pig's meat, both these communities blatant to harm their religion. This incident, popularly Greased Cartridges Incident, became the immediate cause of the revoIt.
iii) On 24th April. 1857. some soldiers stationed at Meerut also refused to use the cartridges. On 9th May. 1857. they were severely punished for this.This incident sparked off a general mutiny among the sepoys of Meerut. On 10th May 1857, these rebel soldiers killed their British officers. released their imprisoned comrades and hoisted the flag of revolt. This was the official beginning of the 'Great RevoIt'.
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The most significant change on the territory of the Byzantine Empire after the Ottoman Turks invaded it, was the change of the religion and the influence of Constantinople as the seat of the Orthodox Christianity. The Ottoman Turks immediately implemented the Islam as a state religion, and they were not fond at all of the Christian faith, so now the situation changed totally, once the empire that promoted Christianity, now became a place for promotion of Islam in the southeastern part of Europe.
Answer:
Amalek
Explanation:
After the Israelites managed to leave Egypt, they continued on their way to the Promised Land. The Amalekites heard of the defeat of Egypt, and they thought that they will have the Isrealites as an prey. The Amalekites attacked the Israelites without any provocation. The Israelites managed to defend themselves, and there were numerous other battles between these two groups of people over the next several hundred years. This battle is described in the battle, where it also says that Yahweh appeared and told the Israelites to fight, and that eventually they will make peace with their enemies.
Answer:
B. The United States and the Allies moved into an offensive position.
Explanation:
The Battle of Midway was a major victory for the US Navy and a crushing defeat for the Japanese Navy. The four Japanese aircraft carriers were destroyed by the American planes. The result allowed the US to take the strategic advantage in the Pacific War, and Japan lost strategic capacity.
