HIST 130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Boxer Rebellion, Boxer Protocol, Austria-Hungary
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Missionaries would be on the first boats for contact. The drought created the boxers because they could create a sense of co. If they could get rid of foreigners they could get rain. Boxers were believed to be impervious to bullets. Did not wanted to be polluted by the women. Foreigners called on the qing dynasty to put an end to this uprisin. Boxers would move towards the capitol and they could target the their cohorts. Italy, capitol area f community rising the christians in. Civil service exam suspended for 5 years in certain citie. 2 year prohibition on china"s importation of arms. Upper ranking samurai trying to protect their hereditary status. All westerns except dutch at dejima to be driven away. 1842 food and firewood ok for incoming ships. Informed japanese of british victory of the opium war & treaty provision. Sign of friendship or desire for dutch to keep monopoly on trade.
