DIARY ENTRY: ASSASSINATION OF THE ARCHDUKE FRANZ FERDINAND Dear Mr.Obama‚ I am a member of “ Black hand ”‚ and my name is Gavrilo Princip . I joined the “Blank hand” While in Serbia . In 1914‚ I had a mission with other 6 men to assassinate Archduke Franz Ferdinand ‚ the heir to the AustroHungarian throne‚ during his visit to Sarajevo on 28 June. The reason is we wanted to break away from AustriaHungary and join Serbia‚ and the goal of “Black hand” is tried to help make it happen
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death of the Archduke but regretted the death of Sophie‚ and Princip‚ who was “utterly defeated and depressed”. The newspapers described Princip as a “schoolboy”‚ “a young Serbian patriot”‚ “a mad killer”‚ and an “eighteen-year-old youth”. Princip´s actions were‚ in a way‚ excused by the following: "Gavrilo Princip saw the oppressed position of the Serbs in Austria-Hungary‚ and‚ under the influence of blindness‚ imagined that it was possible to change
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand and His Death An assassination is an extermination of someone to try to make a political‚ economic‚ or social statement to prove a point. Assassinations have been used for many years by humans to exterminate bad leaders‚ corrupt politicians‚ and many wretched people. Back in the Middle Ages assassins were more common then modern day. In the modern age‚ not many assassins are left or needed because of new laws enforced by governments and organizations; also many consequences
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originally involving Great Britain‚ France‚ Germany‚ Austria-Hungary and Russia. There were many reasons why the war started; some were long term causes related with the tensions between the countries of Europe‚ such as the conflicts between Britain and Germany and Russia and Austria-Hungary. However there was one short term cause which invoked all the existing tensions to break out in war‚ the assassination of the Archduke and Prince of Austria‚ Franz Ferdinand. There were five Great Powers in Europe in
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Most important causes that contributed are the Bosnian Crisis‚ Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ and the secret alliances. First critical cause that contributed to the war is the Bosnian Crisis in 1908. There was tension between A-H and Russia as the Balkans was important to both of them. Austria annexed Bosnia and Herzegovina and an agitated Serbia looked to Russia for support. While Germany backed Austria‚ Russia had to stop supporting Serbia. This meant that Russia accepted Austria’s
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in Sarajevo‚ Francis Ferdinand‚ the Archduke of Austria Hungary was assassinated by a Serbian terrorist group. This was supposedly the cause of World War I‚ but it was just the spark that started the war in a Europe already inflamed by the true causes of the great war. The major causes that started World War 1 was Imperialism‚ Nationalism‚ Alliances‚ and Militarism. It was these four main influences that created the provoking state in which the assassination of Francis Ferdinand set off the war. One
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number of reasons for the outbreak of World War I. These included: The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ the Balkans Crisis‚ the Alliance System‚ Imperialism and the arms and naval race between the major European powers. In my opinion‚ the most important cause of World War I was imperialism. Firstly‚ one reason for the outbreak of World War I was the assassination of the Austrian Archduke‚ Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo on 28th June‚ 1914. The fact that the assassination was carried out by a Serbian
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Imperialism‚ and the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Many people use the acronym “M. A. N. I. A.” to remember these causes. The immediate cause of World War I is the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand because a Serbian Black Hand member assassinated the Archduke‚ it made Austria-Hungary declare war on Serbia‚ and Germany and Russia got involved because they were allies with those countries. Furthermore‚ the person who shot Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife was Gavrilo Princip. The
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of race‚ language‚ culture or religion. The assassination of Franz Ferdinand‚ the Austrian Archduke during the time of 1914‚ sparked off an already existing conflict between Austria and Serbia. The force of Nationalism influenced this conflict between Serbia and Austria due to the nationalistic views of the Serbian people. The conflict that occurred on the 28th June 1914 was the assassination of the Austrian Archduke‚ Franz Ferdinand. While he and his wife were visiting Bosnia‚ they were both
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assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ widespread militarism and economic imperialism. I will explain why these where the three reasons in the following paragraphs. The first cause of WW1 took place on June 28‚ 1914. Gavrilo Princip killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne‚ and his wife. Princip belonged to a group called the Black Hand. Austria Hungary demanded Serbia to punish those responsible for the assassination. When Serbia didn’t want to cooperate‚ Austria Hungary
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