They attack foreigners and burned down missionaries. With the support of the Empress Dowager, they
stormed the foreign legations for 55 days.
The foreigners did their best to defend themselves against the
boxers. An international army composed
of British, American, Russian, Japanese, French, German, Italian and other
foreign forces liberated the legation and drove the boxers out. The boxers were later executed for their
acts.
because his empire spanned across an ocean it made it hard for his subjects to be directly under him, and hard to maintain a tight grasp on his empire, making the enforcement of catholicism harder as well
