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Map of Where the Boxer Rebellion Occured

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Map of Where the Boxer Rebellion Occured

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This conflict occurred throughout China, specifically in Shandong and Juye County.

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This fight was between a secret organization called the Society of the Righteous and Harmonious Fists and the Japanese and Western influences in Northern China.

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The main conflicts of the Boxer Rebellion took place in Northern China.

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The picture below depicts the troops of the Eight Nations Alliance, left to right: Britain, United States, Australian Colonial, British India, Germany, France, Austria-Hungary, Russia, Italy, Japan.

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This picture illustrates that China was not fighting alone, but it was also fighting with eight other nation including America.

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- One key event is the event that kicked this revolution off.
* This event is the killing of two priests by two Boxer members visiting a German missionary in Juye County, China in 1899.
- This people were called the Boxers because of their practices in the Marshal Arts.
- Another important event is on June 20th 1900 when the boxers began a siege of Beijing's foreign legion district.
- Another important event occurred on August 14th when an international force of around 20,000 troops from eight nations arrived to take Beijing and rescue the foreigners and Chinese Christians.
*This was arranged by Western powers and Japan in hopes to crush the rebellion.

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The Chinese saw the foreigners as barbarians and thus sought out to eliminate them because they were afraid they would spread their western influences.
Early 1890's- Rebellion was organized by the Yi-Ho Tuan.
Late 1890's- The regular attacks started happening.
June 20, 1900-They moved to the Beijing area killing many missionaries and burning many churches.
June 21, 1900- Cixi declared a war on all foreign nations with diplomatic ties in China.
August 1900- An international force of approximately 20,000 troops from eight nations arrived to take Beijing and help the foreigners and Chinese Christians.
September 7,1901- Boxer Rebellion ends after signing the Boxer Protocol. This meant that forts protecting Beijing were to be destroyed, rebellions were to be punished, China was prohibited from importing arms for two years, and had to pay more than $330 million in reparations to the foreign nations involved in the fight.

The rebellion was so violent, China had to count on their allies to stop the war. The Qing dynasty was weakened by this at the time and shortly fall in 1912.

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- This rebellion/revolution changed society in the China because it was a widespread movement that influenced those whom they targeted by burning Christian homes and churches along with killing Chinese Christians. It also affected the Boxers, those leading the rebellion, because it allowed them to work for change and also changed their day to day life.
- The Boxer Rebellion changed the future of country because this rebellion weakened the Qing Dynasty, which meant that when an uprising began in 1911, the dynasty came to an end and China became a republic in 1912.
- The legacy of this rebellion is the Boxers being willing to stand up for what they believed in.
*Even though they participated in some questionable events, namely killing Christians, they still left a legacy for their family of standing up for what they believe in and retaliating against oppression.

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- Before the revolution took place, Western missionaries in Shandong solely protected local converts to Christianity.
- The anger of the Chinese population only grew when the region experienced droughts, floods, and economic strife.
- Although there is no specific inspiration, their frustration with Imperialism and the Western missionaries control over their life was enough motivation/inspiration for the Boxers to began a civil uprising.
- The revolutions took place at this time because the events leading up to this time, such as the Opium Wars and the Sino-Japanese Wars lead to a cry for action.

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History.com Staff. “Boxer Rebellion.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 2009, www.history.com/topics/boxer-rebellion.

“Rebels: The Boxer Rebellion.” Facing History and Ourselves, www.facinghistory.org/nanjing-atrocities/nation-building/rebels-boxer-rebellion.