COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
THE AGE OF IMPERIALISM 1870 1914
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eliminate poverty among the Chinese peasants.
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bring Western-style democracy to China.
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restore trade between China and European nations.
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introduce communism.
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remove foreign influences from China.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Boxer Rebellion was an uprising against foreigners that occurred in China about 1900, begun by peasants but eventually supported by the government. A Chinese secret society known as the Boxers embarked on a violent campaign to drive all foreigners from China. Several countries sent troops to halt the attacks.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Qing dynasty, established in 1644, was weakened by the Boxer Rebellion. Following an uprising in 1911, the dynasty came to an end and China became a republic in 1912.
Detailed explanation-3: -While the Boxer Rebellion was an important demonstration of Chinese nationalism, it also provided the nation with a crucial wake up call. It resulted in a decline in Chinese status in the world and was detrimental to the status of the imperial government.
Detailed explanation-4: -There the Boxers have moved from town to town, destroying churches and beginning to eliminate as many of the 230, 000 Chinese Christians and their European missionaries as they can.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Boxer Rebellion, also known as the Boxer Uprising, the Boxer Insurrection, or the Yihetuan Movement, was an anti-foreign, anti-colonial, and anti-Christian uprising in China between 1899 and 1901, towards the end of the Qing dynasty, by the Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists (Yìhéquán).