There was not one single cause of World War 1; many chaotic events lead up to it. Although the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand sparked the war‚ there were many other incidents that caused the tension that influenced his murder. Three major contributions gave rise to the war: imperialism‚ nationalism‚ and the new alliances. If these things had not happened‚ the war may not have occurred or may have turned out very differently. In the age of New Imperialism‚ from 1881 to 1914‚ European powers were
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number of political alliances. Both the triple alliance and the triple entente were both negotiated‚ like all treaties‚ by the government. A definition of the alliance system refers to the treaties that were set up across Europe and determined in august of1914. Prior to this in 1907 Europe was divided between two power compacts‚ these were: The Triple Alliance‚ which was made up of Germany‚ Austria-Hungry‚ and Italy‚ and the second alliance known as the Entente Cordiale which consisted of France‚ Great
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as the Great war before WW2 happened as it was supposed to be the war to end all wars. Also the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand has been blamed as the catalyst for WWI (Spielvogel Book). The major players in WWI were the Triple Entente- Britain‚ France‚ Russia and the Triple Alliance- Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ Italy. The reason for the assassination was because of Nationalism‚ Militarism and the Alliance that played the biggest part. Learning about WWI helps us understand todays conflicts because
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The most important cause of World War I is alliances because countries felt threatened by enemy countries. Alliances were when two or more countries joined together to help each other and back each other up. There were many reasons for why the countries were mad at each other. For example‚ Austria- Hungary blamed Serbia for the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand and declared war on them. Germany backed up Austria- Hungary while Russia backed up Serbia. Document #3‚ by John T. McCutcheon
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Bismarck believed that it was the best way to isolate France. In the period 1882-1907‚ the Triple Alliance (Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ Italy) and the Triple Entente (Britain‚ France‚ Russia) were set up. The alliance system was important because it could turn a local war into a general war. If a member of the Triple Alliance was at war with a member of the Triple Entente‚ the other members had to help them. In this way‚ Germany who first started this bears the greatest responsibility
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Many alliances were formed during the time leading up to WWI such as the triple entente and the triple alliance. These were the two major alliances prior to WWI. The triple entente consisted of Great Britain‚ France and Russia. This alliance was formed to counteract the triple alliance which consisted of Germany‚ Austria-Hungary and Italy. However at the beginning of the war Italy is not part of the triple alliance because Italy decides it will be best to wait and see what unfolds during
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of Europe) was set up after Napoleonic wars causes problems. It created different sides of the WWI. Two alliances were formed before WWI. The Triple Alliance was made up of Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ and Italy. The Triple Entente consisted of Great Britain‚ France‚ and Russia. During the war‚ the Triple Alliance became the Central Powers and the Triple Entente became the Allied Powers or Allies. This was formed in response to the growing military power of Germany. Imperialism is stronger countries
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In 1914 World War I began. There were several causes of this war‚ 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
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Otto von Bismarck (the chancellor and leader) made agreements with other countries so that France would have no allies with which to fight against Germany in the future. In 1882 Germany signed an agreement with Austria-Hungary and Italy‚ known as the triple alliance. These became nationalist alliances: the belief that loyalty to a person’s nation and its political and economic goals comes before any other public loyalty. Nationalism took hold among people
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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 country across Europe began to choose sides between both powers. Later on the triple alliance became known as the Central Powers and the triple entente became known as The Allied Forces. Many different aspects were used to make this World War a more technologically advanced war and
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