Global Perspectives: Gavrilo Princip As A Terrorist

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Mariah Esquilin
Global Perspectives
Period 8
October 2, 2014

Gavrilo Princip was not only a terrorist, but he was a murder too. No one should be known for being a revolutionary after they had murdered multiple people. People were killed and terrorized, and Princip needs to be punished for the billions of people who died because of World War I. He used violence for mostly every action taken. All Princip wanted was power, and by this, there was death. Gavrilo Princip is a terrorist because he disturbed Austro- Hungarian rein of power. On June 28th, 1914, Princip assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, the Duchess of Hohenburg. This was the spark that basically led to World War I. After this, occurred, many allies never got along. There was much tension between the countries
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The war ended with billions of people dead and many soldiers were disabled. By Princip’s actions, there was so much tension created and Europe was at war. Austria had blamed Serbia for planning to assassinate Archduke. Germany and Serbia had attacked Russia and Princip was the cause of this. Princip had so much supreme power. The point here is that, it is who the person attacked and how the power of that person made him a terrorist. Archduke Fran ruled the Austro- Hungarian Empire before Princip and the black Hands attacked to gain power, which they demanded. After their arrest and during the trail, Princip quoted two important claims that were basically connected to prove that he is a terrorist and a murderer. Evidence one states : “ That means in general to destroy from above, to do away with those who obstruct and do evil, who stand in the way of the idea of unification.” This supports the idea that he is a

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