The Boxer Rebellion began in the northern Chinese province of Shandong, where the Boxers destroyed foreign churches and missions and killed foreign missionaries and Chinese Christians. The rebellion spread to other parts of China, and eventually the Boxers were joined by elements of the Chinese military.
The foreign powers responded to the Boxer Rebellion by sending an international military force to China. The Eight-Nation Alliance, which included troops from Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United States, and Austria, defeated the Boxers and captured Beijing in August 1900.
The Boxer Rebellion had a number of consequences for China. The Qing Dynasty was weakened and the country was forced to pay a large indemnity to the foreign powers. The rebellion also led to a wave of anti-foreign sentiment in China, which contributed to the rise of the Chinese nationalist movement.