CER: Do Boxers deserve bad rap?
The Boxers, a troop, known as The Righteous and Harmonious Fits do deserve a bad reputation. The Boxer Rebellion started in 1899 November and ended in September 1901, with the Qing Dynasty loosing paying, and giving land to the Eight Nation Alliance: America, Britain, Japan, Australia, Italy, France, Russia, Germany and Austria-Hungary. The Huton tour guide Mr. Jenne stated, “When 2 German missionaries were killed in public, another important missionary disappeared on the way to a meeting. It was said that he was captured and killed by infuriated Boxers.” The walls of the French Legation were burnt down because “The people were fleeing to the British Legation to seek shelter and protection from Boxers” (Mr. Jenne.) Boxers believed that they could control fire so they would only burn foreign things. During the Boxer Rebellion in result many foreigners, Chinese Christians and thousands of innocent people are dead because of the Boxers. “About 100,000 people died in the uprising and the majority of those people were regular Chinese citizens” (Britannica.) The Boxers deserve a bad reputations because they were trying to achieve political goals by violence and violence only. The Boxers not only murdered and killed, but they also burned and sabotaged foreign goods but along with lots of their own Chinese antiques. This clearly states that they weren’t educated enough to know that mankind can’t control fire with their minds or bare hands. This also lead to the cruelty that the Boxers had. According to Britannica, they were slaughtering 100,000 people which included Chinese Christians, innocent citizens and foreigner (not much as the Chinese had died) The problem here is that they didn’t care if people died under their blade or guns and were just cold-blooded animals. Therefore Boxers deserve bad rap.
https://www.britannica.com/event/Siege-of-the-International-Legations-1900