Princip‚ a Bosnian Serb‚ shot Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary. Serbia became the most powerfully Balkan State‚ and felt confident enough to threaten Austria. The Serbian prime minister said: ‘the first round is won; now for the second round- against Austria’. Austria decided that Serbia would have to be dealt with. By 1914 it was looking for good excuse to crush Serbia. The opportunity came with the assassination of the archduke. Austria blamed Serbia. They wanted
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responsible for the start of the first World War. Causes Undeniable to the immediate cause for the outbreak of the first World War is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary. An angry dissatisfied Serbian-nationalist terrorist group‚ named the Black hand put a significant amount of planning into the assassination of Franz Ferdinand. When the driver of the open car with the royal couple made a wrong turn. Then a Black Hand member named Gavrilo Princip
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Professor Acevedo History Honors 211 December 18th‚ 2014 The Great War: the World had Never Spilled so Much Blood World War One is one of the most tragic wars the world has experienced. The Great War was triggered by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. However‚ this assassination is not the only cause of a war in which the most powerful countries of the time were involved in. This war was boiling for several years and the murder of the duke happened to be the spilling point. The main
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World War I and its beginnings Scholars today still discuss what led all of the five major powers in Europe to fight in the early 20th century. Some claim the assassination of Austria-Hungary’s Archduke Franz Ferdinand was the reason while others claim it is due to the creation of Germany that led to the war. The truth is‚ the question of what really led to one of the most horrific wars up to its time is much more complex. There are numerous factors that led to the Great War such as Nationalism
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nationalist who was part of a dangerous Serbian nationalist group‚ Black Hand. Austria-Hungary had taken control of Bosnia in 1908. Many Serbs lived in Bosnia and Serbia wanted to free Bosnia from Austro-Hungarian rule. The archduke and his wife had been in Sarajevo on a state visit representing Emperor Franz Josef‚ his brother. Earlier in the day‚ there had been an explosion and the archduke’s car had been diverted toward Franz Josef Street. On every street there were members of the Black Hand group carrying
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parties are partly to blame. It was Austria Hungary that was mostly to blame. Austria Hungary started World War I by using war to distract form internal problems‚ delivering a harsh ultimatum and expecting an answer in three days‚ and declaring war after all of the demands in the ultimatum were not met. Austria Hungary was having many problems internally. The empire was trying to take hold of all of the Balkan Peninsula and for many years before World War I‚ Austria Hungary was at high tensions with
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Joshua Sitzer Period 5 World War I During World War I many things occurred that would cause the war. The war was inevitable and many things happened by chance. The three causes of World War I are militarism‚ the assassanation of the Archduke and the alliances. One of causes for World War I was militarism‚ this played a big role in the war because many citizens wanted to test their military against other countries which caused war. All the countries were in a race to become the most powerful
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involved twenty eight nations from all across the world. Sometimes called the War to end all Wars or The Great War. The great war started on June twenty eighth nineteen fourteen when the Archduke of Austria known as Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by nationalist Gavvillo Princip from Serbia. One month later Austria Hungary declared war on Serbia. Europe was divided in to two armed powers. One side known as The Triple Alliance and the other known as The Triple Entente. Soon after the news had spread
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surrounded by water‚ had large powerful navy helped to keep the empire safe. On June 28th‚ 1914‚ a nationalist organization called the Black Hand assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand in an attempt due to demands for Serbian independence. The Black Hand wanted all Serbs to live together so were annoyed at Austria-Hungary for taking over Bosnia. The Arms race could had led to war because Germany and Britain weren’t concentrating on building up their armies as they were competing with
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"The assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand by a Serbian nationalist was the immediate spark which ignited the First World War by triggering the intricate system of alliance and alignments developed during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. However‚ the assassination and diplomacy‚ though very important‚ were not the underlying causes of the war. Nationalism‚ the struggle for colonial empires and economic competition also helped set the stage for the bloodiest war the world had ever
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