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    the Alliances & Imperial rivalries between the Central Powers: Austria-Hungary, Germany, Bulgaria, and Turkey and the Allies: U.S., Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Japan, & others. The immediate cause was the assassination of Austria’s Archduke Ferdinand. This caused Austria-Hungary to…

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    Cause Of World War I

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    World War I was a gruesome war in which millions of people lost their lives. Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary was assassinated on June 28 1914, setting the war into motion. The slaughter didn’t cease until November 11, 1918 . The war took place in Europe but had an impact on European colonies throughout the world. Aside from the Archduke’s assassination, there were four main causes of the war: a rising sense of nationalism in the warring countries, tensions between countries because of…

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    The immediate cause of World War I was the assassination of archduke Francis Ferdinand when he was on a visit to Serbia. Austria-Hungary blamed Serbia for not stopping the assignation and in turn declared war on Serbia. Other underlying causes of World War I was militarism. Germany and France competed to build larger armies because Britain had such a large army to begin with. A lot of nations used “universal conscription” which is like a draft to make their armies larger, nations mostly did…

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    WWI Is Also Known As “The Great War,” This War Started On July 28th 1914 And It Ended November 11th 1918. The Reason Why This War Started Was Because Austria-hungary's Leader, Archduke Franz Ferdinand Was Assassinated By A Man Named Gavrilo Princip On June 28th 1914. Austria-hungary Was Mad About The Occurrence And Wanted Payback. People Began Killing Off Each Other Due To Alliances. 5,525,000 Military People Had Died In This War.…

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    Introduction With the bullets of a Serbian rebel, Gavrilo Princip, piercing the chest of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, World War I catapulted into existence. It was in the year 1914 and vibrations of political unrest resonated through Europe. The first half of the twentieth century produced more change, more economic catastrophe, and more bloodshed than any other time prior to it in human history. The conclusion of the conflict saw the breakdown of countries such as Germany and Russia, but also saw…

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    Franz Ferdinand. Setting off a chain of events leading up to World War 1 that would end with millions dead and wounded for life. Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s assassination in Sarajevo on the 28th of June in 1914, by a rebel called Gavrilo Princip who shot Ferdinand and…

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    19th Century American War

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    every other nation would be reluctant to fight them, this was unfortunately not the case. The spark of war ignited when a group of Yugoslav nationalist who disliked being a part of Austria-Hungary assassinated the Austro-Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife as his motorcade processed through the streets of Sarajevo. Soon thereafter the Austro-Hungarian Empire declared war on Serbia, and in turn Germany declared war on Russia. Knowing that France would attack Germany, Germany decided…

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    The year was 1914 in Europe and it’s neighboring continents. 4 years of wars that resulted in nearly sixty million casualties, total. In a time when European countries had gone for 40years without a war, they glorified military power. When one country created a large army another country created a larger one and the process repeated itself. Soon, countries became nervous and started to form an alliance. The main three were France, Britain and Russia who agreed to help each other if they were…

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    to ‘unify’ Germany and keep peace all over Europe. In this, he thought France wanted revenge and no peace, so he formed a Dual Alliance with Austria-Hungary; Italy later joined along with them creating the Triple Alliance. After this, Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated in 1914. Russia then decided to join and team with Serbia against Austria-Hungary for an attack. At the same time, Austria-Hungary was teaming up with Germany to fight, while France also joined the war to claim land in Germany.…

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    German Imperialism Causes

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    making inventions, guns, planes and the submarine which won them the waters against the great navy of the British but also to trade to so many countries. (Document 6) Assassination/Spark: One of main causes or excuses is the death of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo in June 1914 this would be later known as the spark of the Great war. It prompted Austria-Hungary, looking for an open door for the decay of Serbian nationalism. The death and the events that took after were known as the July…

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