blame? World War 1 broke out when the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip in 1914‚ whose organization implicated members of Serbian military. For this reason‚ the Austro-Hungarian Empire declared war on Serbia‚ supported by Germany. This triggered chain reaction‚ nations in Europe declaring war on the other nations‚ which‚ with in a month‚ caused Europe to turn into a battlefield. The Great War was ended‚ when the Treaty of Versailles and several other
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the effects it had. Franz Ferdinand was archduke of Austria-Hungary and was killed by a Serbian scholar. His assassination called Austria-Hungary to take up arms against Serbia. Considering Serbia had just been threatened by war it pulled into play alliances. Since Serbia was in the Triple Entente‚ all those countries were there to back them up. On the other hand‚ with Austria-Hungary being in the Triple Alliance‚ it pulled all of those countries into play. Seeing that
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movements are like gangs. They used violence and technology weapons. Alliances active role before the war was to understand the progress of the war & country’s movements. So before world war one Russia defended Serbia. Serbia’s territories were controlled by the state of Austria – Hungary. Serbia started the war against Austria – Hungary and Russia got involved. France & Russia had a close friendship. A response to get back its land Germany attacked France through Belgium. In 1884 the Triple Alliance
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James Bell March12th 2013 World History In Europe around the late 1800s to early 1900s World War 1 took place in many European countries. This essay will explain how alliance was the cause of World War 1. The four factors that made alliances the cause of World War 1 are political‚ geography‚ economics‚ and social factors. The first factor in why alliances caused World War 1 is political reasons. Some examples of political are the treaties that were made before and during the war to help protect
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Karl Marx wrote about a different economic system in a time when capitalism dominated Europe. As industrialization progressed‚ people wanted more. Rising levels of production led to rising need for materials. This desire for materials and money eventually led to the start of World War I‚ which then led to the Russian revolutions that ended the tsar-led government and introduced communism. Thus‚ Karl Marx accurately predicted the failure of capitalism that would lead to communism in Russia. In The
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Ferdinand & His wife Sophie visited Sarajevo‚ Bosina -Heir to the Austrian throne -They were shot by Gavrilo Princip A serbian nationalist -Then Austria-Hungary placed a series of harsh demands on Serbia which the Serbians could not meet & WHen they did not‚ Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia → Serbia was under Russian protection -So Russia declared war on Austria - Hungary → Germany‚ An ally of Aust-Hung declared war on Russia → Germany then invaded Belgium -This led to Great Britain declaring
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Topic: The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand Franz was most likely the very start to the first World War. The Archduke himself: nephew of Emperor Franz Josef‚ was heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Born in Graz‚ Austria on December 18‚1863. Oldest son of Archduke Karl Ludwig( younger brother of Austro-Hungarian Emperor Franz Jospeh) Married to Countess Sophia Chotek( she was of the empire that the Austro-Hungarians did not appreciate very well). The Actual Event of the Assassination: Archduke
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organization in Serbia.[1] The crisis came after a long and difficult series of diplomatic clashes among the Great Powers (Italy‚ France‚ Germany‚ Britain‚ Austria-Hungary and Russia) over European and colonial issues in the decade before 1914 that had left tensions high. In turn these public clashes can be traced to changes in the balance of power in Europe since 1867.[2] The more immediate cause for the war was tensions over territory in the Balkans. Austria-Hungary competed with Serbia and Russia
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though the other nations might not want to get involved. In alliances the countries should get ready to fight immediately if one of their allies has gone to war. In World War 1 alliances changed everything. In 1914 Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. The reason was due to a Serbian resident who decided to kill Archduke Franz Ferdinand. This war could have been between two countries only and it
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support to each other. So in reality‚ the allies that would defend each other during the war were already decided before the war even started. Some of the previously existing alliances included Germany and Austria-Hungary‚ France and Russia‚ Russia and Serbia‚ Britain‚ France‚ and Belgium‚ and Japan and Britain. When Franz Ferdinand and his wife were killed by
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