What happened during the boxers rebellion

Multiple countries (United States, Great Britain, Germany, Austria-Hungary, France, Japan, Russia, and Italy) decided to trade with and convert the Chinese to Christianity. A certain group of marshal artists fought back because they saw foreigners as barbaric. the "boxers" planned on removing foreign influence in China. Eventually those countries won and trade was opened and there were restraints put on what the Chinese people could do.

a phrase from a poem by ralph waldo emerson about the battle of lexington and concord. emerson's words read, “here once the embattled farmers stood / and fired the shot heard round the world.”