Base your answer to question 30 on the speakers’
statements below and on your knowledge of social
studies.
speaker a: the british east india company does
not respect my beliefs. i cannot follow
dharma and remain their soldier. i will
return to my family in a tamil village.
speaker b: my rebellious countrymen cannot accept
my new religion and so they hate me and
my “foreign devil” friends. the
missionaries leave beijing tomorrow for
england. i must join them before the
church compound is surrounded.
speaker c: the czar’s soldiers came again today,
looted our village, drove off our
livestock, and trampled anyone in their
way. they even burned our synagogue.
our way of life is gone. it is time to
emigrate to palestine.
what is the primary focus of these speakers?
(1) civil war
(2) economic reforms
(3) religious persecution
(4) colonial oppression