Background to the Boxer Rebellion
The Boxer Rebellion was a group within China that lasted from 1898 to 1900. At its prime time , the rebellion wanted to get rid of the unwanted influence of Western nations. The rebellion was able to gain support am ngst the large population and poor unemployed people in northern China.
The force of the Boxer Rebellion was a secret society called the Righteous and Harmonious Fists. Made up of poor and non working young Chinese men, the society was labeled 'The Boxers' by Western newspapers because of the military exercises they practiced. The Boxers focused their anger on foreign things and people, particularly Christian missionaries foreign or Western technology. Many people in China saw foreign influences as a corrupting force that was weakening China's culture and government. The Boxers used tactics such as ambushes, sabotages, raids, petty warfare and mostly guerrilla tactics. These tactics were used to kill many Christian missionaries and Western diplomats, and to completely get rid of foreign interferences. railroads, Christian churches, embassies, are examples of foreign property became targeted for destruction.
The Boxers combined spirituality and religion with different types of militarism and martial arts. They …show more content…
Western powers like the US and the nations of Europe had come to china and change them commercially, politically, and religiously and other influences across China. Throughout the latter half of the nineteenth century, the Qing Dynasty of China had been humiliated to a number of military defeats at from Western powers. After losing a number of battles to Britain in particular, China had been forced to concede trading rights to European and US commercial interests and to allow Christian missionaries access across China. By the 1890s, many Chinese had come to resent the spread of Christian missionaries and their
The Boxer Rebellion was a group within China that lasted from 1898 to 1900. At its prime time , the rebellion wanted to get rid of the unwanted influence of Western nations. The rebellion was able to gain support am ngst the large population and poor unemployed people in northern China.
The force of the Boxer Rebellion was a secret society called the Righteous and Harmonious Fists. Made up of poor and non working young Chinese men, the society was labeled 'The Boxers' by Western newspapers because of the military exercises they practiced. The Boxers focused their anger on foreign things and people, particularly Christian missionaries foreign or Western technology. Many people in China saw foreign influences as a corrupting force that was weakening China's culture and government. The Boxers used tactics such as ambushes, sabotages, raids, petty warfare and mostly guerrilla tactics. These tactics were used to kill many Christian missionaries and Western diplomats, and to completely get rid of foreign interferences. railroads, Christian churches, embassies, are examples of foreign property became targeted for destruction.
The Boxers combined spirituality and religion with different types of militarism and martial arts. They …show more content…
Western powers like the US and the nations of Europe had come to china and change them commercially, politically, and religiously and other influences across China. Throughout the latter half of the nineteenth century, the Qing Dynasty of China had been humiliated to a number of military defeats at from Western powers. After losing a number of battles to Britain in particular, China had been forced to concede trading rights to European and US commercial interests and to allow Christian missionaries access across China. By the 1890s, many Chinese had come to resent the spread of Christian missionaries and their