What was the Unequal Treaty System and how did it lead to the Boxer Rebellion?

Answer 1

In the 19th century many wester countries implemented un-fair treaties on to China. Many exaple were the Treaty of Caton and the Treaty of Whampoa. From around the 1850's to 1901 these treaties took place. There were many treaties. These Treaties consisted of taking China's land, enforcing trade tariffs, and many citizens rights were change. Buy the Summer of 1900 China was sick of all of the Western Influence. A group called the Boxers in June of 1900 set out destroy everything that was foriegn. So they did. But in August the Boxer Rebellion was shut down and the last unfair treaty was implemented, the Boxer Protocol.