In order to help with the debt many european countries had started printing more money which lead to inflation. Many people who had been living a middle class lifestyle began to experience unstable financial periods, because of the inflation the german currency began to dwindle in…
Austro-Hungarian Empire declared war on Serbia, and in turn Germany declared war on Russia. Knowing that France would attack Germany, Germany decided to act quickly and invade France through neutral Belgium. Following this the British stepped in to prevent the Germans from advancing any closer to English soil. So began what came to be known as the Great War. A new type of Warfare arose, as these fully industrialized nations put to use their new machines of war; engines, machine guns, airplanes…
The main factors that led to WW1 were Global Imperialism, Nationalism, Militarism, and Entangling Alliances according to CCN, 2016. After the Spanish war the U.S. imperial power created the colonial empire in both the Caribbean and the Pacific Ocean. During the 19th century also the European countries defined their own wealth and power by imperialism, so by the colonial possessions and the ability to maintain or increase the empire. The Europeans owned most of the Africa and Asia and all or…
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…
In the early 1800s alliances were introduced to hold peace in Europe, but ended up leading more war. Otto von Bismarck mainly used war 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…
World War 1 was caused by a deep seated mistrust of countries throughout the world. This war was very unavoidable as the issues that were solved by the war were not solvable by simple compromise. Two of the main causes of war was Nationalism and Imperialism. Although nationalism can be a unifying force in a country it can also be the cause intense competition among nations. Nationalism is one of the main causes of World War 1. Nationalism is defined as a sentiment based on common cultural…
Britain didn’t want to be looked down on, so in 1906, they built a battleship, Dreadnought, in response. From then, the naval race between Germany and Britain started. At last, Britain won this naval race. But because of this naval race, the Anglo-German relations is worsened. On the other hand, army race occurred as well. Countries including…
The reformation is how and what was happening during this time and how it was happening.So it all starts with this monarchs during this time were born monarchs so they were called absolute monarchs. So what was the protestant reformation and why did it happen? what was the impact of this? The authority was starting to break down during this time. there was also the black death during this period. There were wars between catholics and protestants. europe also grew richer during this time why? It…
World War 1 began in 1914 lasting until 1919, beging as a squabble between two neighboring countries escalating into full scale continental warfare. The Great War took place all over the war torn europe from France to Russia and even Italy. This continent wrecking war held an abundance of nations in its grasp including Britain, France, Russia, Germany, Austria, Italy and Turkey. The immediate causes of World War 1 were alliances, imperialism, and militarism. The primary cause of this…
American Voice The American Voice talk about many things that Americans are hard working ,that they live a fulfilling life , that Americans hold many dreams that to have dreams you must hold hope in your dream . To many people all over the country the Word” America” means many things it means the freedom land , the land of opportunity , to others it might be completely different the direct opposite of what others say about this word “ America” to them it might mean the country of greedy ,…