3. Boxer Rebellion (1899) Imperial powers (Great Britain) divided up China into spheres of influence and manipulated Chinese economic and social life. Great Britain conducted illegal opium trade, with paralyzing effects on the Chinese population. The Boxers (an anti-Western group) blamed Chinese hardships on imperial powers and called for expulsion (kicking out) of foreigners. Boxers rose up in revolt. The Boxer Rebellion was put down by foreign powers. China's independence and ability to defend itself was weakened. A nationalist revolution against foreign imperial powers was led by Sun Yat Sen in 1910.
3. Boxer Rebellion (1899) Imperial powers (Great Britain) divided up China into spheres of influence and manipulated Chinese economic and social life. Great Britain conducted illegal opium trade, with paralyzing effects on the Chinese population. The Boxers (an anti-Western group) blamed Chinese hardships on imperial powers and called for expulsion (kicking out) of foreigners. Boxers rose up in revolt. The Boxer Rebellion was put down by foreign powers. China's independence and ability to defend itself was weakened. A nationalist revolution against foreign imperial powers was led by Sun Yat Sen in 1910.
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