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Question by emily_irish129:

What events lead up to the boxer rebellion?

I'm doing my world history homework and the question is "What events led up to the boxer rebellion?" Does anyone know some events that led up to the Boxer Rebellion? Anything would help!




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Answer by ammianus
There was no single incident, or series of incidents, that sparked the Boxer rebellion.

Anti-foreign elements in the Chinese government were angered by the presence of foreigners in general and the territorial and trade concessions they steadily extracted from a China seemingly helpless to prevent them.They incited a fanatical anti foreign secret organization - The Society of Righteous Harmonious Fists (hence the name 'Boxer)' - into violence and depredations against Christian missionaries and Chinese converts to Christianity. Despite protests from Western diplomats,the Dowager Empress claimed she was powerless to do anything (she was in fact encouraging the Boxers). Drawing confidence from their early successes and from the wider Chinese population, and with foreign troops on the way to Peking to guard the diplomatic legations area, the Boxers broke into full revolt on 20 June 1900 when they attempted to storm the Legation area with the aim of massacring all the foreigners there. At the same time, the Dowager empress committed troops of the Imperial Chinese army to stop the relief expedition on its way to Peking.

So it was dislike for foreigners and their increasing influence in China that lead to the Boxer rebellion, rather than a specific incident or series of incidents.

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