Imperialism is a system where one powerful nation controls one or more colonies. They have control over other colonies mostly because they forcibly took it through war or political strategies. A military order is often present in that colony to maintain order and suppress revolution and protest of any kind. Before WW1 British had the most powerful imperial power over the world there is a famous quote that can relate to it “the sun never sets in Britain” meaning Britain had colonized in different
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war upon itself. The four underlying causes of World War 1 are: Militarism‚ Alliances‚ Imperialism‚ and Nationalism. Among other causes such as: territorial‚ political‚ and economic‚ the importance of these are not as large as the others because the four main cause of the war have been causing disputes between the great European powers in the years leading up to the war. One of the four underlying causes of war is militarism. There has always been competition
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Causes of World War I ! ! There are four main causes of World war one. They are Nationalism‚ Imperialism‚ and Militarism and alliance system. But the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand pushed the countries into war. The war is a like explosives and the assassination was the spark that triggered it. Ferdinand’s assassination by the Black Hand a Serbian nationalist secret society set Austria-Hungary against Serbia. This started a line of events that would bring each country into the
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Great War started on July 18‚ 1914 & ended November 11‚ 1918. WW1 left millions of people killed. WW1 was caused by MANIA. Mania is an acronym for Militarism‚ Alliances‚ Nationalism‚ Imperialism‚ & Assassination. WW1 eventually led to the Great Depression. When the Great Depression hit‚ Adolf Hitler took advantage and attempted to rise to power. Militarism is what creates suspicions among European countries. Countries competed with each other to have the biggest and best military. Great Britain and
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and they could be divided into long and short term causes. The long term causes were imperialism‚ alliances‚ nationalism and militarism. The short term cause‚ which acted as a trigger to the Great War was the assassination of Franz Ferdinand. (Humanities Alive 4‚ pp 4-5) All the long term causes of the Great War were significant but perhaps the most noteworthy was militarism‚ which is the development of large and powerful military forces. In the early 20th century Germany had the strongest and largest
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themselves as they were hunger for power and control‚ forcing them to submit to harsh duty. Germany and several great power went into war which was centered in Europe due to several reason‚ these include the influence of Nationalism‚ imperialism‚ militarism‚ alliance system and several major crises and incident that happened during an inappropriate period. Some historians believed that the outbreak of the world war one was mainly responsible by the Germans as they have done several things that contributed
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Although the League of Nations was set up‚ another major war broke out just 20 years after the First World War and it was the Second World War. The Second World War was one of the greatest wars in human history and it was even greater in scale and more disastrous than the First. In this essay‚ I would like to talk about “To what extent should the Axis Powers be responsible for the outbreak of World War Two?’. Actually‚ I think that to a large extent‚ the Axis Powers (Germany‚ Italy and Japan) were
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Austria and its allies‚ ultimately leading to war on a global scale. Within this political firestorm‚ Imperialism‚ Militarism‚ and Nationalism grew at an astounding rate. European countries came to feel that expanding their territory was vital to winning the war. In addition to the desire for more territory‚ countries used their military might to foster a new sense of Nationalism. World War One ended on November 11‚ 1918. The initial event that sparked this global war was the assassination Archduke
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problems? Three aspects of life that helped that time in history to be considered a Belle Époque were: industrialization‚ rapid technological advancements and a rebirth of culture. The three aspects of life that led to the nickname Gilded Age were: militarism‚ class distinction and alliances between countries. Even deeper than all of these aspects that led to war was a sole driving force that fueled the continent to its ultimate destiny. This force was stronger than any army and it inspired a generation
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Despite the opinions of many different people‚ there were three main causes for World War II. Different people have different opinions about the causes of World War II. The three most excepted causes are Prussian Militarism‚ appeasement‚ and Adolf Hitler’s rise to power. Prussian Militarism was the force that made Germany so powerful‚ and made it possible for Hitler to be given so much power. Appeasement was also a main cause of the war because Britain‚ France‚ and other European countries did not
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