Question

how the British policies territory expansion led to Great uprising of 1857

Answer 1

The political cause of the 1857 revolt or the first war Indian independence was the British policy of expansion through the Doctrine of Lapse.

The Doctrine of Lapse was an annexation policy purportedly devised by Lord Dalhousie, who was the Governor General for the East India Company in India between 1848 and 1856.

The British policy of territorial annexations led to the displacement of a large number of rulers and chiefs.Satara, Nagpur and Jhansi were annexed under the Doctrine of Lapse