This war was started in an effort for Chinese people called “Boxers” to keep foreign missionaries out of their country in order to avoid the influencing of their culture and communities. There were many arguments for and against the U.S.’s involvement in the war.
U.S. involvement was needed in the Boxer Rebellion because the rebellion threatened
U.S.-China trade relations, American missionaries were dying, and the U.S. needed to prove it was willing to protect its economy. If the Boxer Rebellion had been successful, it would have put the U.S. one step closer to being exiled from China completely. Given that the Chinese economy and the U.S. economy …show more content…
At least 200 of these missionaries were Christians and many had come from
America. By stopping the rebellion, the U.S. was protecting their missionaries they had stationed there.
Also, By the U.S. putting their economy first in this situation, it makes a statement to the rest of the world, showing them that they will do anything to protect their own economy and telling other countries not to mess with them.
U.S. involvement in the Boxer Rebellion was a problem because it put them on bad terms with
China, especially after the Burlingame treaty had just put China on good terms with the U.S.. First off, the
U.S. had recently passed the Burlingame treaty, which allowed immigrants to enter into the United States.
This put the U.S. and China in good relations, because many Chinese were immigrating to the U.S. for work and to seek a better life. Because the Qing and the U.S. weren’t on bad terms at the time, it was probably best not to get involved and risk going to war with China and its allies. Interfering with Chinese relations and the Boxer Rebellion would make the Chinese government angry because the Qing supported the rebellion.
If the decision about the Boxer Rebellion had been mine, I would have worked out a way to