Questions Refer to the Passage Below

Multiple Choice

Questions refer to the passage below.
Section II-Regarding Merchants. It is plain that the infidel and treacherous British government have monopolized the trade of all the fine and valuable merchandise, such as indigo, cloth, and other articles of shipping, leaving only the trade of trifles to the people. . . . When the Badshahi Government is established, all these aforesaid fraudulent practices shall be dispensed with, and the trade of every article, without exception, both by land and by water, shall be open to the merchants of India.
The Azamgarh Proclamation (1857) , Bahadur Shah, last Mughal emperor
-According to the document, which of the following was a long-term cause of the revolt against the British?

A) British control of most aspects of Indian trade
B) Expansion of the Badshahi government
C) Expansion of Indian maritime and overland trade
D) The irreligious British, who required Indians to share their beliefs