Originally organized in the Chihili and Shantung provinces, the movement was tacitly endorsed by the dowager empress.
An official declaration of war noted that this was precipitated by the seizure of the Taku forts. Its casualties included the German minister, Baron von Kettler, and it began in earnest with an attack on the Feng'tai railway station. Originally organized in the Chihili and Shantung provinces, the movement was tacitly endorsed by the dowager empress. Much of the violence targeted Christian missionaries and converts in, for 10 points, what 1899 revolt against Western influence named for and led by a society that called itself the I Ho Chuan or the "Righteous Harmonious Fists?"
An official declaration of war noted that this was precipitated by the seizure of the Taku forts.
{Boxer} Uprising [or {Boxer} Rebellion, etc; accept {I Ho Chuan} or the {Righteous Harmonious Fists} or equivalents before it is read]