Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria

Voltaire once said: “History is a lie that most people agree upon.” In order to understand history, historians use a method called “historical thinking.” Historians don’t just look at evidence and learn the facts. Rather, historical thinking is asking so what? Why are these pieces of information important? How can we take the past and relate it to our times? Part of historical thinking is learning about change. Studying early modern history and comparing and contrasting these events to our…

“Death to the tyrant” was the battle cry of the teenage terrorists working for the Young Bosnia organization, who assassinated the heir to the Austria-Hungarian throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, on the 28th of June, 1914. Soon after, European powers began being skeptical of one another. The arousal of distrust among European nations lead Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy to form the Triple Alliance. Similarly, France, Russia, and Britain established their own alliance called the Triple Entente…

Ambassador to Austria, Sir M. de Bunsen following a conversation he had on the morning of 23rd July 1914 (Great Britain Foreign Office, 1915). The letter was written when the July Crisis was at its peak and was written five days before the declaration of war from Austria-Hungary to Serbia. The letter is significant as it is written the same day an ultimatum was issued to Serbia by Austria which outlined demands such as taking responsibility for the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on…

had been growing for many years reached its breaking point with the assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand by a Serbian terrorist group. Following the assassination, the Austrian-Hungary government and Serbia entered into what became an intricate chain of political disputes. Within less than a month, two coalitions emerged—the Central Powers, which primarily consisted of Germany and Austria-Hungary, and the Allied Powers, which included France, Russia, and Great Britain. As…

technologically. With the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of the Austria-Hungary Empire by Yugoslav nationalist Gavrilo Princip on June 28, 1914, the sentiment between European powers was already on the brink of war. An increasingly militaristic German Empire sought to expand their boundaries and diplomatic alliances were failing at an alarming rate between the European powers, shifting military alliances between two sects. The Central Powers, primarily the German, Austria-Hungary,…

Unit 1: 1914 - 1929 Unit Summative Reflection Four Concepts of Historical Thinking Reflection on the following concepts based on the historical event(s), individual(s), and/or concept(s) you chose to showcase in your final product. Cause and Consequence – focuses on determining the many factors that led to something and its effects, both intended and unintended Causes: The 5 main causes of WW1 and thus the battle of Vimy Ridge was militarism, alliances, imperialism, nationalism and the spark.…

certain ideas or events that have a cause and effect correlation with each other. In one scenario, someone’s death can set into motion a chain of events that will eventually create a world war; such is the case of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria causing World War I. Or, in another scenario, a life being spared in that world war can eventually lead to another world war; in this case, a wounded Adolf Hitler was spared by a british soldier in World War I, and later became…

pulled into the war they should have known the outcome would have been catastrophic at best. Alliances drew the countries in: militarism and nationalism were the main fuel that made up why the Great War happened, and the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand lit the spark that…

Disputes and equality of power developments brought on the war, and alliances made sense of who combat on what side. The passing of Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria was what prompted the war. The ascent of mass society after the war by developing a crowd of people for film and radio. Government’s control of information during the First World War was very important. Mass society varied from tip…

WWI was the war to end all wars; it is referred by many as the “Great War”. Just what about this war was so great? The changes that happened during the war nearly put an end to all of Europe. It was the aftermath of the war that truly had the largest effect on the world. Five sentences is one paragraph Perhaps one of the most vital parts of information to the start of World War was the large amount of treaties. These treaties meant that if one country was attacked, the countries that the…