The Three Main Causes Of World War I

During the pre-war period, there was controversy between many countries in Europe. Whether it was because of nationalism, militarism, alliances or imperialism, they all caused many problems between several nations. Although the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was the main underlying cause of World War I, which led to the uprising of many other events, there was much more that caused it. All the causes of World War I are all associated with each other, but they were all very different. For example, imperialism was pushed by nationalism due to the loyalty of one's country, but they are both very different in what they effect and how they caused World War I. The main three causes of World War I were imperialism, alliances and nationalism.
The strongest country at this time, was Great Britain who was very industrialized with land in both Africa and Asia. Great Britain at the time ruled over a quarter of the worlds land. Along with great Britain, France also owned large parts of land in Africa. Due to the large ownership of land by Great Britain and France, Germany became enraged, and encouraged to get land because of their nationalism in their country. The only problem was that there was not much land left for Germany, especially since Great Britain was so powerful with one quarter of all land. Many saw imperialism as a race for land between countries which caused rivalry between the nations. There were many land hungry countries who were fueled by nationalism. The deterioration of the Ottoman Empire also caused chaos, because it made land available to be imperialized. With all the land up for grabs, this led to more rivalry between the nations in Europe. The separation of the Ottoman Empire was an underlying cause of the death of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. This was because those who were unpleased with the way they were being ruled wanted to gain independence. In order to gain independence they decided to attack the next in line for the austrian throne, who happened to be Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Imperialization was one of the main underlying causes of World War I that
An alliance was a political or military agreement between two nations that made it so when one country in the alliance went to war, they were all involved in the war.. Alliances started out between just a couple countries, but then over time there were several countries in one alliance. The two main alliances were the Triple Alliance, and the Triple Entente. The Triple Alliance contained Austria, Hungary, and Italy. The Triple Entente contained Russia, France, and Great Britain. Both alliances were both very powerful, while combining the power of all their nations. Alliances were typically made in secret, and not revealed to the public. This added more suspicion and tension to the war, because one nation could go against another nation that they thought was dependant on itself, but then ended up being apart of an alliance, then the nation is actually going against several countries on their own. Many alliances were made, and they led to larger wars and they also created stronger