The Major Causes Of The Boxer Rebellion

One Chinese worker was said to die for every mile of track laid down. The amount of Chinese workers killed in accidents equals at least fifty. These hardships caused by the railroad involved discrimination and unfair treatment towards the Chinese. However, Chinese immigrants aren’t the only railroad workers treated unfairly. Both the workers on the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific had to deal with harsh conditions

The Second Industrial Revolution affected the West the Chinese desire to work for lower wages and the cultural differences between them and the white settlers led to friction which caused for riots and discriminatory laws against the Chinese. The invention of making production of agriculture better in the Midwest inspired settlers to move to the West but the sparse population didn’t promote the growth of industries therefore their economy continued to run on natural resources.

This had led to British completely outmuscling the Chinese with their far superior technology, as well as forcing the Chinese into a treaty that opened up numerous ports in China, allowed Westerners to move to China, as well as pay reparations to the British. This utter defeat showed the Chinese that they needed to adapt, and our second document, a map forecasting the partition of China amongst various nations, showed them that they needed to make those changes quick. All of this led to arguments between groups who felt China needed to self-strengthen and those who feared the increasing influence of Western ideals that could be brought on by learning more about the West in order to better defend against it. This is shown in our third document on self-strengtheners, such as Feng Guifen who argues for youths to be taught in Western languages and sciences in order to best defend against them. This document shows further the nationalism within China, as well as the importance of traditions, ideals, and values, as both sides argue their points based on protecting them from Western

The Boxer Rebellion was an uprising initiated in China, after the Chinese suffered many devastating defeats at the hands of foreign powers. Originating in the 1900’s, a secret organisation called the Society of the Righteous and Harmonious Fists, began carrying out attacks on Chinese-Christians and foreigners. They became known in the West as the “boxers”, for their martial arts fighting style. What caused the Boxer Rebellion? There were three main causes.

As Americans pursued their goal of “manifest destiny,” they economically wanted to link the Eastern and Western United States together. In order link the US, a transcontinental railroad was essential. The constriction of the Transcontinental Railroad offered employment opportunities for immigrant workers. Immigrant groups such as the Irish and Chinese worked in constructing this massive project. However, due to race, the Irish were paid a better salary than their Chinese counterparts. Immigrant men such as the Chinese endured extreme bigotry and acts of hostility by white Americans. As large swells of Chinese immigrants came to the US in the mid-nineteenth century, many in the 1870s experienced hostility and exclusion, as white Americans found themselves competing with the Chinese for jobs. The anti-Chinese movement used Chinese hard work, productivity, and willingness to endure hardship to highlight the difference between Chinese workers and American heroic artisans. Fears among white American wage workers persisted as many worried about possibly losing their heroic artisan professions, not being able to provide for their family

Chinese immigrants during the 1800s was a vital contributor to the success of the Central Pacific transcontinental railroad. The railroad would not be such a big accomplishment for its size and time it took to complete, if not from the contribution of foreign labor, in this case Chinese. While the importance of foreign labor is very evident from the creation of the transcontinental railroads, the Chinese workers life while in the United States during this time did not illustration that. The life of the average Chinese workers saw an increased discrimination, compared to their counter parts. This is demonstrated by lower wages, harder living conditions, and various laws passed by the United States government till about the mid-1900s.

First of all, imperialism impacted China by changing their ideology and affecting their nationalism. When China became imperialized, their identity changed by following the traditions and the law of the nations. The chinese were unsatisfied with the nation’s ideologies and rules, which lead to The Boxer Rebellion in 1899. A secret society, Righteous Harmonious Fists, lead rebellions around the country. In document two Western Perspective, it portrays Germany’s point of view of The Boxer Rebellion. Wilhelm II thinks the chinese have overturned their laws, neglecting their cultural beliefs. This is important because China is deciding to ignore the Nation’s laws and their Ideology. Even Though the chinese knew they would receive consequences, they still renegaded to have pride for their country.

Not only did the Chinese bring over their labor, they also brought with them a whole new culture and way of life. With the vast amount of railroad land that the Chinese built for the Americans, they helped develop and create resources for much of the population. The Chinese created the empty new western land into vast miles of new farmland. The knowledge the Chinese had about farming, cultivating, planting, and harvesting became very useful for the people out west. Many farms heard of their skills and learned the ways of the Chinese, and the west became no longer dependent on the east for products and

Very few working-class people could look past the Chinese to realize a much greater threat. The railroad companies were exploiting the Chinese, paying

On May 10th, 1869, a large crowd gathered at Promontory Point, Utah to celebrate the completion of one of the most impressive engineering feats of the 1800’s: the Pacific Railroad. After six years of grueling work, millions of dollars spent, and many battles against Native Americans fought, sea to shining sea was finally connected by two ribbons of iron. The United States was transformed by the new railroad: Masses of immigrants flocked out to the newly connected territories in pursuit of better lives, towns cropped up over night along the route, and an agricultural empire was born as farming machinery was brought to the fertile western plains of the United States. The profoundly positive impact the railroad had on the United States came at a great cost, however. The more than 12,000 Chinese immigrant workers of the transcontinental railroad were treated poorly and unjustly throughout construction, and Native American empires in the plains laid in ruins from the white-American military and pioneers that induced conflict with indigenous people and the government that annexed their lands. These negative consequences of American progress force a question to be asked; did the socioeconomic benefits the Pacific Railroad brought to white American citizens justify the unequal respect and maltreatment given to the Chinese immigrant workers and the Native American tribes? This is the question this essay will answer, as it examines the role the Chinese workers had in

During the Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895), China had tried to fight hard to resist the foreigners, but had lost, due to its lack of modernized technology. In the year of 1900, the Boxer rebellion had surfaced. During this time the Boxer movement had shifted to Beijing, where they killed millions of Chinese Christians and Christian missionaries, as well as destroying churches and railroad stations. During this time America had feared that the Boxers would apprehend Beijing, and the US would lose all access to their resources. This idea had been drafted by the current Secretary of State at the time, John Hay. Hay and his team concluded that America’s interests; economic, strategic, and cultural, were best served in the preservation of the Chinese Empire. This led to the US’s involvement in the Boxer Rebellion. While we did not send troops to help fight in the war, we did voice our disapproval of any crimes against the Chinese

Both Japan and China lie in the East of Asia. ‪To a certain extent，Japan and China own similar culture background, in the Confucian Cultural Circle. But when we look back into the modern history development, Japan and China made quite different decisions when facing the western countries’ aggression. China suffered the invasion in 1840 after the first Sino-British War. Japan was in a similar situation in the black boat incident in 1853, the Opium War made the West began to pay attention to East Asia. From then on, Japan began to face the western culture. ‬The reactions, as well as the result of Japan and China were quite disparate. This article wants to discuss what lead to the difference. ‬‬

After suffering many devastating defeats at the hands of the West. The Qing dynasty was suffering, and the majority of China was left impoverished. In the 1900’s, a secret organisation called the Society of the Righteous and Harmonious Fists, began carrying out attacks on Chinese-Christians and foreigners. They became known in the West as the “boxers”, for their martial arts fighting style. There were three main causes for the Boxer Rebellion.

It is in fact plausible that foreign intervention played a role in influencing some of the change between 1900-1912. The introduction of such heavily influenced western reforms resulted in further hatred of the foreign occupiers and thus sparking the launch of an anti-westerners campaign, known as the Boxer Rebellion. Consequences of tighter western controls took place, including further foreign presence and involvement, which was explicit in the humiliating imposition of punitive measures. These sanctions consisted of a $450 million reparation, weaponry destroyed and the permanent stationing of foreign troops in and around Beijing. The punishments brought about an atmosphere of utter embarrassment and fear but also encouraged a lack of distrust in the Manchus; the event validated the imperial government’s incapability to lead China to liberation. Although the financial cost caused some apprehension, it didn’t amount to economic turmoil – the penalties actually caused a change in the nation’s perception towards the Manchu dynasty as opposed to an economic transformation. The reparations led the Chinese to have an increasingly negative stance towards the dynasty, diminishing any respect the imperial rulers upheld.

The boxer rebellion−the fight between China and Western countries−has been a debate since the end of 1901. Many people have been wondering how the war happened and what were the reasons that lead to it. Although many researchers have showed the causes they have found, there will be other research that disagrees with them. This paper mainly supports the claim that suggested the three major causes of the boxer rebellion, and refutes the point that the new technologies and innovations that the West had introduced was not one of the causes. It will define three main causes that leaded to the boxer uprising which were the personal and religious belief of Chinese people, the rise of Christianity, and the support of Qing dynasty.