EMERGENCE OF USA
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND ITS IMPACT
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Question
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What was one reason for the mutinies at the end of the war?
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Civilians encouraged soldiers to desert, leading to divisions within the Continental army.
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Civilians protested the high pay and special treatment given to Continental soldiers.
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Soldiers resented shouldering what they saw as an unfair portion of the burden of war.
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The British cause began to appeal to many Continental soldiers, leading to uprisings.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The rebellion began when sepoys refused to use new rifle cartridges, which were thought to be lubricated with grease containing a mixture of pigs’ and cows’ lard and thus religiously impure for Muslims and Hindus.
Detailed explanation-2: -An uprising in several sepoy companies of the Bengal army was sparked by the issue of new gunpowder cartridges for the Enfield rifle in February 1857. Loading the Enfield often required tearing open the greased cartridge with one’s teeth, and many sepoys believed that the cartridges were greased with cow and pig fat.
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