Download WORLD HISTORY DBQ: What caused the Sepoy Rebellion?

WORLD HISTORY
IMPERIALISM
Name: _______________________________ Period: _____
DBQ: What caused the Sepoy Rebellion?
Over the last couple of classes, we looked at five different documents about the Sepoy Rebellion. We came up
with a list of several possible causes – some of them conflicting. What do YOU think actually caused it? Fill in
the sections below to develop a complete answer in which you refer to all five source documents.
Overall, who or what do you believe was most responsible for causing the rebellion?
Which source(s) back this up, and how?
Write out a quote from the source you believe best explains this. Be sure to indicate who wrote it.
Overall, who or what do you believe was least responsible for causing the rebellion?
Which source(s) back this up, and how/why?
Which source(s), if any, have you not mentioned yet, and why (not)?