The Chinese people are starting to grow anger for one main reason. They are mad because foreigners are take their jobs. The businesses of China are hiring foreigners because they have better knowledge and technology. Christian missionaries are helping the Chinese people by teaching them new customs. Some of the Chinese people are started to rebel against the missionaries.
The majority of the people that went against the Chinese were known as “boxers” to the foreigners. Boxers were the poor people of China that went against the missionaries. They were known as boxers because they practiced martial arts. Boxers believed that the foreigners were evil and people that went against the Chinese culture were known as traitors to the boxers. …show more content…
Once they reached the capital of China, the Qing empire joined their rebellion. They declared war on all foreign powers. Once this happened eight different nations sent troops to defeat the boxers and the Qing army. The Qing army ended up escaping by dressing as peasants.
The Chinese empire signed the Boxer Protocol in 1901. They signed this with eleven different countries and had a list of military rules. The first order was to have many boxers rebellion and Qing officials to be executed. The second order was to allow foreign countries to keep troops in Beijing. Many saw this as a sign that the Qing empire was weak and many wanted the Qing empire to come to an end. It finally did in 1911 and China became a