World War One or The Great War’ as it became known‚ occurred due to many causes‚ some of which still remain unexposed today. The obvious trigger for the war was the assassination of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne‚ the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie on 28th June 1914. The assassination occurred during the Archduke’s visit to Sarajevo‚ the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Archduke was targeted due to the general feeling amongst Serbians that‚ once appointed to the throne
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English Civil War in 1642 and which ended up with the public execution of Charles I. This essay will discuss and deal with the different factors that gave rise to the English Civil War. As was said above‚ one of the main problems of Charles’ reign was the lack of money and‚ undoubtedly‚ this was a good reason for a civil war. Everything started when the Parliament asked Charles to go to war with the Catholics in Spain. Charles did not have the needed money to face this war and so he asked
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The Causes of American War of Independence The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783)‚ also known as the American War of Independence‚ was a conflict that erupted between Great Britain and revolutionaries within thirteen British colonies‚ who declared their independence as the United States of America in 1776. The war was the culmination of the American Revolution‚ a colonial struggle against political and economic policies of the British Empire. The war eventually widened far beyond British North
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On April 12‚ 1861 The Civil war began when Confederate warships bombarded Union soldiers at Fort Sumner. The Civil War is said to be one of the deadliest and most destructive of all America’s wars.The Civil War was fought in thousand of different places‚ from southern Pennsylvania to Texas; from New Mexico to the Florida coast. The majority of the fighting took place in the states of Virginia and Tennessee. Many still debate on what cause the Civil War. The North and the South have been
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Jack Heyburn 2/2/12 The First World War is generally accepted to be the first conflict to bring warfare to a global scale. The four years of worldwide hostilities were brought on by a synergism of both domestic and international issues. Although both factors played a significant role in the outbreak of war‚ the international issues contributed more to the eruption of conflict than did the domestic. The international landscape leading up to World War I was marked by imperialism‚ high economic
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There were many causes that started World War 2‚ but the 3 most impactful events were; Hitler coming into power‚ the Great Depression‚ and the League of Nations inability to fix major international issues. Adolf Hitler rose to power as the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party‚ or the Nazi Party. Hitler was the chancellor and dictator of Germany. Leading up to start of the war in 1939‚ Hitler breached of the treaty of versailles three times. First time he breached the treaty was
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The Punic Wars are a series of three wars that took place between Carthage and Rome. The war lasted nearly a century (265 B.C.-146 B.C.) At that time The Punic Wars were the largest wars in the world‚ almost as close to World Wars. The word Punic comes from the the latin word Punicus meaning “Carthaginian.” But what cause the punic wars? You may be asking. The main cause of The Punic Wars was interest to the existing Carthaginian Empire and the Roman Republic. The Roman were interested in the Sicily
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Mexican-American war lasted from 1846-1848. It consisted of numerous battles that resulted in more American victories than Mexican victories. During the first battle at Palo Alto‚ Mexican troops outnumbered American troops; however‚ the Mexican troops were poorly equipped and poorly led. Contrastly‚ the American army was well-trained and President Polk had formulated a three-pronged approach to defeat the Mexicans. Multiple factors played into the war‚ such as manifest destiny‚ Mexican attacks and
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There were many economic and political causes of the Civil War in the terms of conflict over economic policy and the expansion of slavery into the territories. Many documents‚ people‚ and events in history help to causes of the Civil War such as the Kansas-Nebraska Act‚ Missouri Compromise‚ Texas annexation‚ Wilmot Proviso‚ Compromise of 1850‚ Gadsden Purchase‚ the creation of the Republican Party‚ and the Dred Scott decision. The Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed by the U.S. Congress in 1854. The act
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Cause of The Great War Many have speculated the primary cause of the first world war. Britain‚ Germany‚ Austria‚ Russia‚ France‚ Italy‚ and Serbia all took part in World War One‚ which was set off by the assassination of the Austrian Archduke and his wife. Many ask‚ “What was the unknown‚ very essential cause of World War One?” While there were countless causes of the Great War‚ the three major causes were the alliances between nations‚ imperialism‚ and the arms race. One of the influential causes
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