the immediate cause of the rebellion was rumors that were spreading among the indian soldiers regarding the new cartridges they had been issued.the rumors said that there cartridges were made with either pork or beef fat, this would have made the soldiers violate there religious laws
The correct answer is <span>D. The president of Egypt blocked Israeli ships from accessing the Suez Canal.
The president of Egypt announced that the Canal would no longer be neutral ground, open for all, and that it would slowly become nationalized and used to the benefit of Egypt. As they disliked Israel they banned Israeli ships from passing through the canal which was a huge strike to their economy since trading revolved around the canal.</span>
there was an intense rivalry among trading companies of different european companies because every european company wanted to buy products from india at a cheap rate and sell them in their country at a higher price .
