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A Level History- China ~ The Consequences of the Boxer Uprising
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- 1What was the settlement that the British imposed on the Chinese called?The Boxer Protocol
- 2How much did the Chinese have to pay in reparations as part of the Boxer Rising?£68 million
- 3What was to happen to Chinese arsenals and fortifications?They were to be destroyed
- 4Where were foreign troops permanently stationed?In and around Beijing
- 5What were foreign powers entitled to do with their legislations?Defend them with their own military forces
- 6What happened to the Boxer leaders and the government officials who supported them?They were captured and punished with either execution or deportation
- 7What happened to Cixi?She was declared a war criminal
- 8Who were the Chinese government told to erect monuments of?Prominent foreigners who had died in the uprising
- 9Sino-Western Hostility Atrocities committed by the Boxers were greatly exaggerated by the Western press.Literature portrayed the Chinese as an inscrutable and dangerous people; Chinese frequently appeared as frightening characters in the comic books and novellas
- 10Readers of Western press and literature not fully informed of the barbarity of the foreign armies which put down the Boxers.Von Waldersee, the German field officer received the following instruction;
"You know that you are to fight against a cunning, well-armed, and cruel enemy. when you encounter him, no quarter will be given. Prisoners will not be taken. Exercise your arms so that for a thousand years no Chinese will dare to askance at a German" - 11—
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- A Level History Flashcards on A Level History- China ~ The Consequences of the Boxer Uprising, created by Matt Preston on 24/03/2017.
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- Matt Preston · Mar 2017
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