The Taiping Rebellion in china was started by Hong Xiuquan in 1850 to recruit followers to help him build a “heavenly kingdom of great peace”. Everyone would share wealth and no one would be in poverty. In 1850 he had a peasant army of over one million. In 1853 him and his followers captured Nanjing and claimed it as there capital. The Rebellion was so devastating that over 20 million people were killed. After the taking of Nanjing the Qing dynasty enlisted the help of the British, and French troops. Eventually the rebellion was overthrown in 1864.
Last but not least the Boxer Rebellion was started on November 2, 1899. The citizens decided to rebel against foreign influence in religion. The rebels called “Boxers” by westerners for doing physical exercises. They believed that these exercises would help them to withstand bullets. Led by the secret organization called the Society of the Righteous and Harmonious these rebels were fierce. They killed many foreigners and Chinese Christians and destroyed foreign property. They then attempted to storm the foreign embassies in Beijing. Following the 55-day siege, the embassies where relieved by over twenty thousand Japanese, American, and European troops. The Rebellion ended on September 7, 1901 with the signing of the Boxer Protocol.
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