Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria

ever happened. The main countries who participated in the war were the Triple Entente: Great Britain, France, Russia, and later on, the United States, who were against the Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire and Italy. Historians believed that the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was the event that “sparked” the war, but there were many events that happened before the assassination that led to war. The main reasons that caused the war was militarism, alliances,…

began to form military and diplomatic alliances to ensure the aid of another nation if attacked. However, the Triple Alliance, which included Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy and the Triple Entente, which included Great Britain, France and Russia only increase the chance of large-scale conflicts. It all began on July 28, 1914 when the heir to the Austria-Hungary throne,…

people view the July Ultimatum as one of the major causes of the war, but did it really lead to war? The July Ultimatum is a scripted documented with listed demands that was given to Serbia almost one month after the death of the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophia. The Ultimatum was created for one reason, and one reason only, to take over Serbia with the rest of the world staying quiet. Although this did not go as planned due to the fact that the Ultimatum was almost…

alliance (Germany, Austria, & Italy), as well as the Ottoman Empire, was also known as the “Central Powers”. the Triple Entente (France, Britain, and Russia), was also called the “Allied Powers” These alliances allowed for larger scale war to happen. Many alliances were put together in secret, the land owned by the Allied Powers surrounded the land owned by the Central Powers, which gave them more ground to spread out their armies. The war started after Franz Ferdinand Austria’s Archduke was…

assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Although this was the immediate cause, other factors also came into play as to why the war began. These factors include: the alliances made during the war, imperialism, militarism and nationalism. When looking at it from a whole perspective, World War I began because of these factors and without them, there may have not been a world war. In June 1914, World War I began because of the assassination of the Archduke of Austria. The Archduke was…

1914, the event that caused the war was when Archduke Franz Ferdinand was shot to death. The heir of the Austro- Hungarian Empire assassinated by Gavrilo Princip. Over the coming weeks, Austria-Hungary hopes to use this incident to justify setting the problem of Slavic nationalism, Balkans region and for all. (First World…) With the appending war, Russia was in talk to join the Serbians, and Austria-Hungary wanted Germany to join their fight. Austria-Hungary gave Serbia an ultimatum and because…

Emily Gray Mr. Tester DBQ 18 2 March 2015 Causes of World War One Starting in July 1914, many countries in Europe went to war. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the nephew of Francis Joseph, on June 18, 1914 was what ultimately sparked World War I. Ferdinand was shot by Gavrilo Princip, who was part of the Serbian terrorist group commonly known as the Black Hand. Other factors such as the Alliances, Militarism and arms race, and Nationalism are just a few of the reasons for the…

President William H. Taft was the twenty-seventh president of the United States of America. His presidential term lasted from March 4, 1909 to March 4, 1913. Following President Taft, President Woodrow Wilson was the twenty-eighth president. His office term began on March 4, 1913 and lasted until March 4, 1921. His Vice President was Thomas R. Marshall and he stood by President Wilson’s side all eight years. President Wilson was born on December 28, 1856 in Staunton City, Virginia. He attended…

combat. More than 10 million lives of combatants and civilians lives were taken. In addition to the assassination of Archduke sparking the war, Alliances, Militarism, and Imperialism were the underlying causes of WWI. One underlying cause of WWI was the formation of alliances. The two opposing alliances consisted of the Allies and the Central Powers. Germany, Serbia, Italy and Austria-Hungary were part of the Triple Alliance which was the core of the central powers. Also, Russia, France and…

For this reasons tensions were running high between the nations. With the assassination of Austria-Hungary’s Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and blame subsequently being placed on Serbia—a nation with whom Austria-Hungary already had harsh feelings for—pleas for arbitration were ignored, and exactly one month after the assassination, Austria-Hungary declared war on July 28, 1914. This declaration lit a short, volatile fuse that had already been smoking. Within a week…