Boxer Rebellion

China’s Rural Crisis: The Fall of Power The Qing dynasty ended in 1912 with a revolution; however, it had been declining for more than a century before it falls. Corruptions within the empire, population growth combined with food shortages, and the social unrest between the ethnic majority Han and the ruling Machus all contributed to Qing’s downfall. However, despite all of these internal issues, it was external pressures that caused the eventual collapse of the Qing society. Foreign…

The Boxer rebellion in China was reaching its peak; a year prior the wildly radical Yihetuan (whose name was Chinese for “boxers”) began slaughtering enemies of their ideology. “When the Empress Dowager backed the Boxers, the Boxers turned solely to ridding China of foreigners.” Geming was only half Chinese; his father was an American foreign diplomat and his job had the family relocated to China, and his parents practiced Christian faith. Geming’s mother was a Chinese Christian his father met…

The Boxer Rebellion in the 1900s was a group of northern Chinese peasants who aimed to drive out any foreign influences from Japan and the West. They killed Christians, destroyed property, and claimed to work with magic that would protect them. They were rebelling against the upper class, by whom they felt threatened. They used natural causes, like the lack of rainfall and fierce winds, to justify their mission and expand their influences and destruction. Attracting mainly young men to join them…

in 1908. She ruled during the Boxer Rebellion, an anti-foreign and anti-Christian uprising led by a splinter group called the Boxers towards the end of the Qing Dynasty from 1899 to 1901. Empress Cixi’s changes to Boxer ideologies to reflect those of the state and her actions to preserve the state, doctrine, and race of China express her use of the Boxers as a nationalistic mechanism to eradicate Western influence and preserve Chinese culture. As a result, the Boxers did uphold the image as true…

problems that China faced prior to the Taiping Rebellion was conflicting British and Chinese positions, which led to the Opium War. “This growing supply of opium caused great problems for China. The Qing emperor was angry about the situation. In 1839, one of his highest advisers wrote a letter to England’s Queen Victoria about the problem: The pleas went unanswered,…

Capacity for Rebellion Throughout history, humans had rights. These rights protected people and gave them freedoms, allowing for life to be lived freely and prosperously. However, throughout history, these rights have been snatched away for many reasons, and when this happens, rebellion acts as an essential way to move forward, since it occurs when a group of people perceives that their rights aren’t preserved. Weak and internally divided governments can act as catalysts for rebellions – on…

Cultural Context Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been” is good representation of the culture of the 1960’s. The 1960’s was a changing time in American culture. The 60’s were radically different from the decades before it. The 60’s were a time when people started to change social norms and people really started to go against authority. The reader sees elements of this in the story. The story describes Connie as pretty and someone who looks one way at…

In a society where firemen starts fires, and people are executed for wanting to gain and learn knowledge, Montag, a fireman for ten years, rethinks his way of living in his society and rebelled against it. Montag finds himself exchanging thoughts with a girl named Clarisse, who sways his way of thinking by asking him one simple question, if he is happy. Montag immediately replies yes, however when he reflects on the question he then realizes that he is not, in fact, happy. From then on Montag…

During the 16th century in Germany the peasants began to feel and notice the unfair treatment from all non-peasants. They became so frustrated with their unfair treatment that they began to form groups and revolt against the upper classes of Germany. If the German authorities were not so greedy they could have ended the peasant results with no trouble at all but instead they were greedy and the peasants took advantage. There were many causes that lead to the peasant revolts in Germany.…

There are many reasons that can urge someone to commit an act of rebellion. When one feels that his or her civil-rights, human rights, and beliefs are under attack that person is most likely to become rebellious. The term coined with this kind of rebellion or resistance per se is “Rebel”. What is a “Rebel”? A rebel is someone who resists a body of government or the government itself, a system, a group, a church etc., to overthrow whatever he or she thinks is wrong doing. This person feels the…