Question

What policies led to the Boxer Rebellion?

Answer 1

Remark

Interesting question. Since Boxing day (December 26) is a big deal in Canada (almost like black Friday in the US) I'll take some time on this. I've never really known the background.

Comments.

D was definitely something the Boxers (so named because they did exercises that they thought would make them immune to bullets) didn't like very much. There was constant tension between European influences and the ruler Qing emporers on the throne at the time.

B is also true. Many Chinese Christians were killed during the Boxer rebellion. The Boxers must not have liked their presence and influences very much.

A is kind of tricky. They did resist, but it was more on the grounds of the way the industrialization was brought in. If it were me, I'd include it. Others may not. If you do include it, don't be surprised if you get it wrong.

I don't think C is correct. The Opium Wars (about 40 to 50 years earlier were more about Opium.

Two additional facts:

1. The Chinese agreed to pay 330 million in reparations. The 8 countries that were paid returned the money.

2. The Chinese resisted but lacked modern weapons to fight an effective war.

Answer 2

Answer:

• Chinese rulers resisted European attempts to introduce an industrial economy.  

• Christian missionary activity caused cultural tension with traditional Chinese views.

• Japanese and European spheres of influence gave foreigners special privileges.

Explanation:

The rise of the Boxers, was a movement, started in November 1899 and ended on September 7, 1901, emerged in China against the foreign influence on trade, politics, religion and technology of the last years of the nineteenth century . In August 1900, about 230 foreigners, thousands of Chinese Christians, an unknown number (between 50,000 and 100,000) of rebels, their sympathizers and other Chinese had been killed in the revolt and its repression.