Ferdinand Marcos

The reason behind any event taking place is because it is caused by another changing factor – where the change is seen in an optimistic or pessimistic light – and is also referred to as the Domino Effect. For example, countries around the world have wars and miscommunication with each other due to a variety of factors – whether they are military, political, or economic struggles. In other words, Europe’s history has had an influence on Africa, Spain, and other nations, as well. One of these…

history, we see a common trend that references the crisis of 1914 as the reason for the outbreak of war. When we look at the chain of events that led up to the war, aka the July Crisis, we see that it starts with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by Serbian national Gavrilo Princip, followed by the rapid war movements demonstrated by the Austrian-Hungarian government towards Serbia. It was at this point that war seemed inevitable. The Crisis of 1914, the assassination and events that…

Main causes of The Great War For years historians have argued over the main causes of The Great War, more famously know as World War 1, however, it is quite obvious that the leading cause for the costly endeavor was Imperialism. The want for expansion was rampant for most European countries, and it was even said that “In their haste to conquer and colonize, the imperial powers stumbled over each other, repeatedly clashing in one corner of the globe or another,” (38). Nations were already on…

One of the major cause for the great changes during World War Era, 1890-1945, is the economic downturn. In fact most of the changes were done due to the economic crises. For example, the British debts from the Seven Years War brought England and colonists’ relationship to its knee, then again in 1780’s, the inflation of the Continental Currency forced the colonists to redesign the government system, thus constitution was adopted as the solution for strugger central government. No matter what…

World War I: A time during which all of humanity was in panic. Men were fighting, people were dying, and food was scant. Imperialism had caused tension between almost every nation, which sent the armies running for their weapons. However, The United States originally tried to stay out of the conflict and remain neutral. That is, until 1917 when America declared war on Germany. There are many reasons why the U.S decided to detour from their original plans of neutrality, but there are two that…

incredible war. In a matter of four years, there were huge advancements in technology, borders of countries changed, economies changed, and thousands of lives were sacrificed. The event that sparked the war was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, but behind that, there were other reasons. One of them was that many of the nations had treaties with one another, so once one country went to war with another, multiple other countries were dragged into the affair in a domino effect. Another…

On June 28, 1914, in Sarajevo, the Archduke of Austria-Hungary Francis Ferdinand and his wife Sophie, duchess of Hohenberg was assassinated by a Serbian terrorist by the name of Gavrilo Princip. Gavrilo was the third of seven assassins that organized by the secret military society from Serbia known as the black hand. The reason Francis Ferdinand assassination was to keep him from making changes when Gavrilo supposed to inherit the Austria-Hungarian throne. With the assassination of their…

World War One, or “the war to end all wars”, was a bloody and ruthless was that saw many new types of warfare never seen before. Air warfare and chemical are just some of the examples. Before the war had even began countries were trying to see who could build the “biggest and baddest” new war machine whether it be a handheld like a grenade or gun, tanks and navy ships. Unfortunately after our servicemen came home, either they had forgotten or hadn’t know at all, why the war had started at all.…

World War 1. Austria- Hungary and Serbia’s conflict caused World War 1. Franz Ferdinand was the heir to the Austro- Hungarian throne and was very disliked by the Serbians. Bosnia and Herzegovina were added to Austria- Hungary in 1908, but these countries wanted to be independant and a part of newly formed Serbian Nation. Serbia and the Turks fought 2 wars and in the end Serbia lost its independence. Franz Ferdinand decided to travel to Sarajevo to inspect their military, but June 28 when he…

28th, 1914 On June 28th, 1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand was travelling in Sarejevo, Bosnia to observe the imperial armed forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina. While touring the city a Serbian extremist named Gravrilo Princip killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife. The killing of Archduke Franz Ferdinand set off a chain of events that would lead to the beginning of World War 1 July 28th, 1914 Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia because Ferdinand was killed by a Serbian man August 1st, 1914…