Eight-Nation Alliance

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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1. What is the alliance composition?Eight nations: Germany, Japan, Russia, Great Britain, France, United States, Italy, Austria-Hungary
2. What is the primary intervention period?1900-1901
3. What was the Eight-Nation Alliance and why did it form?It was a group of eight countries that joined together in 1900 to help people trapped in Beijing during the Boxer Rebellion, because the Boxers were attacking foreigners and Chinese Christians.
4. Which countries were part of the Eight-Nation Alliance?Germany, Japan, Russia, Great Britain, France, the United States, Italy, and Austria-Hungary.

Boxer Rebellion (Yihetuan Movement): An anti-foreign and anti-Christian uprising in China (1899-1901) targeting foreign influence and missionaries.