A letter dated 22 December 1716 again addressed the uprising. The governor charged the Company 1,300 pesos for the expense of capturing the rebels. The amount makes the administration’s accounting of repression visible; the study also describes the punishments as exceptionally cruel.
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Which reading best reflects the evidence and its limits?
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The article suggests structural causes while acknowledging that the insurgents’ perspectives are not directly preserved.
The article concludes that food scarcity alone explains the uprising.
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It identifies several possible factors and says the exact trigger is difficult to determine.