European Balance Of Power: A Significant Cause Of World War I

Competition for land to create new colonies began to destabilize the European balance of power. this was also a significant cause of World War I. As the British Empire began to crumble. In the mid-20th century the United States began to rise as an economic and military power. The United States growing power,the consequences of two world wars, and the Cold War. Saw to the contraction and collapse of European empires, a process called decolonization. And by the end of the 20th century most of Europe’s colonies had fallen. This prompted Europe to find new ways of interactions among its own nations and the rest of the world. At the same time migration of non-Europeans into Europe increased. Changing the ethnic and religious composition of Europe.