At the beginning of the twentieth century Europe was doing well. It had vast empires that circled the globe. The average life expectancy was high. The art and culture was growing rapidly. Then by 1918, after four long years of war, europe was wore out. The empires that had lasted from centuries were destroyed. The war was going great and everyone was happy, what happen?
One cause of the war was trying to create a balance of power. The idea to balance the powers were that the major powers of europe like England, France, Russia, and Germany were balanced, so one country could have all the power it would be evenly balanced. Otto von Bismarck didn’t like the idea of fighting on both sides of germany. So his solution try to make alliances with these nations. But when it didn’t work he made alliances with Austria-Hungary and italy, which became known as the triple alliance. So France, Great Brain and russia decide to make there own alliance known as the Triple Entente.
Another cause of the war was the tensions between the european countries. The alliances held peace for awhile, but just in case a war might break out. The countries were building up arms, ships, and soldiers to fight. Tensions between countries was matched by tension within the countries. …show more content…
Then it happened what sparked the start of the war in June, 1914 , the Archduke Francis Ferdinand , visited Sarajevo. There seven assassins were sent by the Serbian nationalist group, the Black Hand, to kill the Archduke. The Black Hands idea was the have all the serb people to be in one nation and haveAustria-Hungary out of the picture. So on the morning of June 28, the Archduke's car was going on an unannounced route, the driver gets confused takes the wrong road, which so happens to be the same road one assassin is walking on. The assassin kills the Archduke and his
One cause of the war was trying to create a balance of power. The idea to balance the powers were that the major powers of europe like England, France, Russia, and Germany were balanced, so one country could have all the power it would be evenly balanced. Otto von Bismarck didn’t like the idea of fighting on both sides of germany. So his solution try to make alliances with these nations. But when it didn’t work he made alliances with Austria-Hungary and italy, which became known as the triple alliance. So France, Great Brain and russia decide to make there own alliance known as the Triple Entente.
Another cause of the war was the tensions between the european countries. The alliances held peace for awhile, but just in case a war might break out. The countries were building up arms, ships, and soldiers to fight. Tensions between countries was matched by tension within the countries. …show more content…
Then it happened what sparked the start of the war in June, 1914 , the Archduke Francis Ferdinand , visited Sarajevo. There seven assassins were sent by the Serbian nationalist group, the Black Hand, to kill the Archduke. The Black Hands idea was the have all the serb people to be in one nation and haveAustria-Hungary out of the picture. So on the morning of June 28, the Archduke's car was going on an unannounced route, the driver gets confused takes the wrong road, which so happens to be the same road one assassin is walking on. The assassin kills the Archduke and his