The Boxer Rebellion occurred within the early 1900s, as a result of extreme European powers. Within 1895, China met its defeat to Japan. As a result, China became targeted by both European and American powers. Both powers quickly began to pursuit the “spheres of interest” within China. The “spheres of interest” were leases for all railway and commercial rights within any given region. Soon after, Russia got Port Arthur, Germany got leasehold within Shantung, the British got New Territories within Hong Kong and the Americans received nothing. As a result, the Americans greatly stressed on an “open-door” policy in China, which would allow commercial privileges to be equally available to all European powers.
Fearing the worst, China soon called upon the help of many secret underground religious societies. These secret societies were strongly against imperial power; however, China saw them as a benefactor to the removal of the Europeans. One of these societies were the Boxers. The Boxers were a religious society, in which they practiced many uncanny and unnatural practices, such as witchcraft and magic. The Boxers strongly supported the expulsion of the Europeans, as they believed that without them, a new Golden Age would occur and renew Chinese society. The Boxers were greatly affected by the economic crisis of the 1890s. This caused a great amount of anger and violence within them. Without a doubt, China saw this as an advantage to their cause.
Now under the power of Empress Dowager, The Boxers first task was to cause complete harm to any foreigners that could possibly bring harm to China. However, China was largely under the power of the government officials, who decided to ignore Dowager’s request and began to do everything in their power to help aid foreigners and prevent them from coming into harm’s way. As a result, The Boxers did not spread to many regions. However, they largely occupied Beijing. However, within months, Beijing was conquered and The Boxers would have to face the Boxer Protocol of 1901. The Boxer Protocol called for European powers to gain full control over military forces within the capital. As well, it rid many of Beijing’s traditions and customs.
My job was to collect and gather various pictures pertaining to The Boxer Rebellion. While doing so, I engaged in many steps. First, I recieved an email from Kassandra, giving me the order of our articles. As well, in class she told me what types of pictures I should be looking for on the internet. Then, I began looking for the various images that would be needed. After doing so, copied and pasted them onto a word document and saved it on my flash drive. Hopefully I have gathered enough for our project.
There were many steps I engaged in while doing this project. First off, I created a layout on InDesign which consisted of basic colors that complimented each other and using colors that fit to the theme of China (Red and whatnot). I also organized the articles in a fashion where the placement and order would compliment the layout and feel like a real magazine. This magazine project is going together so well, and it will continue to be successful.
THE BOXER REBELLION
ReplyDeleteThe Boxer Rebellion occurred within the early 1900s, as a result of extreme European powers. Within 1895, China met its defeat to Japan. As a result, China became targeted by both European and American powers. Both powers quickly began to pursuit the “spheres of interest” within China. The “spheres of interest” were leases for all railway and commercial rights within any given region. Soon after, Russia got Port Arthur, Germany got leasehold within Shantung, the British got New Territories within Hong Kong and the Americans received nothing. As a result, the Americans greatly stressed on an “open-door” policy in China, which would allow commercial privileges to be equally available to all European powers.
Fearing the worst, China soon called upon the help of many secret underground religious societies. These secret societies were strongly against imperial power; however, China saw them as a benefactor to the removal of the Europeans. One of these societies were the Boxers. The Boxers were a religious society, in which they practiced many uncanny and unnatural practices, such as witchcraft and magic. The Boxers strongly supported the expulsion of the Europeans, as they believed that without them, a new Golden Age would occur and renew Chinese society. The Boxers were greatly affected by the economic crisis of the 1890s. This caused a great amount of anger and violence within them. Without a doubt, China saw this as an advantage to their cause.
Now under the power of Empress Dowager, The Boxers first task was to cause complete harm to any foreigners that could possibly bring harm to China. However, China was largely under the power of the government officials, who decided to ignore Dowager’s request and began to do everything in their power to help aid foreigners and prevent them from coming into harm’s way. As a result, The Boxers did not spread to many regions. However, they largely occupied Beijing. However, within months, Beijing was conquered and The Boxers would have to face the Boxer Protocol of 1901. The Boxer Protocol called for European powers to gain full control over military forces within the capital. As well, it rid many of Beijing’s traditions and customs.
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My job was to collect and gather various pictures pertaining to The Boxer Rebellion. While doing so, I engaged in many steps. First, I recieved an email from Kassandra, giving me the order of our articles. As well, in class she told me what types of pictures I should be looking for on the internet. Then, I began looking for the various images that would be needed. After doing so, copied and pasted them onto a word document and saved it on my flash drive. Hopefully I have gathered enough for our project.
ReplyDeleteThere were many steps I engaged in while doing this project. First off, I created a layout on InDesign which consisted of basic colors that complimented each other and using colors that fit to the theme of China (Red and whatnot). I also organized the articles in a fashion where the placement and order would compliment the layout and feel like a real magazine. This magazine project is going together so well, and it will continue to be successful.
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