It was a secret organization designed in China. Most importantly the group practiced certain boxing and calisthenic rituals, which made them feel invulnerable. The main objectives of the uprisings were to stop the spread of Western and Japanese influences, particularly in Northern China. Germans and Christians dominated Shantung. Many Chinese people worked on railroads and factories in hazardous conditions. With the secret support of the Empress and the imperial army, the Boxer Rebellion quickly escalated into a violent conflict. Groups of Chinese people in Shantung began murdering Germans, missionaries, and even Chinese people that converted to …show more content…
Massive amounts of foreign troops and warships arrived in China, which allowed them to bring the Boxer Rebellion to an end. Jealously between foreign powers set an agreement between the countries to not partition China any further. Which led to the Peking Protocol being signed in 1901. The Perking Protocol completely ended the boxer rebellion. Unfortunately for China, the agreement allowed foreign nations to receive commercial treaties, along with foreign troops being permanently stationed in Peking, China. Consequently, China was forced to pay hundreds of millions of dollars as a penalty for the