Boxer Rebellion - Eight-Nation Alliance Invasion Enforces Imperial Control
The Siege of Peking begins as the anti-foreign, anti-imperialist Boxer movement (Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists) surrounds foreign legations in Beijing, trapping diplomats and missionaries including 56 American sailors and Marines from USS Oregon and USS Newark. The siege triggers …
Eight-Nation Alliance
William McKinley
John Hay
Edwin Conger
Empress Dowager Cixi
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gilded-age
imperialism
military-intervention
china
open-door-policy
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