Geo: NO
HWEng: You should have read up to Ch. 11 by tomorrow
Global: read and answers questions on Japan packet.
(Imperialism Test on Friday)Congratulations to Christian and Lindsey for answering the Global extra credit questions; they will receive extra points in their Global class & Support class)ES: read note that were handed out today!
THE SEPOY MUTINY
The growing Indian discontent with British Imperialism finally erupted on May 10, 1857. The sepoys, who were Indians trained by the British as soldiers, heard rumors that the cartridges for their new Enfield rifles were greased with lard and beef fat. Since the cow is sacred to Hindus, and the pig is abhorrent to Muslims, all the sepoys were outraged, and they mutinied. Although initially the mutiny was spontaneous, it quickly became more organized and the sepoys even took over the cities of Delhi and Kanpur.
This mutiny was harshly crushed by the British. On September 20, 1857, the British recaptured Delhi, and in the following months, the British recaptured Kanpur and withstood a Sepoy siege of Lucknow. The British victories were accompanied by widespread atrocities, and in many cases, unarmed sepoys were bayoneted, sown up in the carcasses of pigs or cows, or fired from cannons.
