Question

A historian claims massive drought and famine in China caused the Boxer Rebellion. Which of the following historians is making a counterclaim

. A historian who claims the Boxer Rebellion followed directly from the actions of external colonial powers
B. A historian who shares a diary entry from a Chinese woman who lost her crops to drought
C. A historian who offers evidence that Christians were targeted during the Boxer Rebellion
D. A historian who shows that harvest yields declined in the years before the Boxer Rebellion

Answer 1

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Answer 2

The best option regarding a counterclaim would be "A historian who claims the Boxer Rebellion followed directly from the actions of external colonial powers," since this would be providing a conflicting thesis.