WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Boxer Rebellion, officially supported peasant uprising of 1900 that attempted to drive all foreigners from China. “Boxers” was a name that foreigners gave to a Chinese secret society known as the Yihequan (“Righteous and Harmonious Fists”).

Detailed explanation-2: -The official end of the rebellion occurred when Great Britain, the United States, and their allies forced the Qing dynasty to sign the Boxer Protocol. In this protocol, the Boxers were officially denounced and eradicated from China.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Boxer Rebellion was an anti-foreign peasant movement that began 1898 in north China. The Boxers were members of a secret martial arts society called the ‘Harmonious Fists’.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Sepoy Rebellion was thus a rebellion against the ruling government of India, while the Boxer Rebellion was an uprising against the presence of foreigners in China, an uprising which actually gained the support of the ruling Chinese government.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Boxers were a popular religious, social, and (at least indirectly) anti-imperialist group that came to threaten the presence of Westerners in China. The movement’s eventual support by the Chinese Imperial Court prompted international military intervention.