Boxer Rebellion

(A.D. 1899-1901) A group of Chinese rose up in violent reaction to a gang of Western robbers who used jurisdictional autonomyA term that literally means to give yourself the law. This idea was central to Kant’s moral theory that reason gives itself the moral law. of Western nations in parts of Peking and Christian safehouses to avoid punishment. The Chinese combatants were defeated, but many Chinese Christians were murdered in the course of the conflict.