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This simulation inspired me that, the balance of power can not simply explain the cause of World War I. By using Waltz’s three levels of analysis, the individual acts and beliefs, the collision of interest between states, as well as the anarchic nature of the international system could explain the outbreak of WWI. On the individual level, important figures significantly affected the possibility of war and the process of history. For example, Garivalo Princie was a Serbian nationalist who…

Main Causes of World War 1 There are a lot of things that factor in when discussing what caused World War 1. The main causes of World War 1 was; militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism. Some things that led to these factors was the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand. His assassination triggered the outbreak of WWI. After his assassination is when Austria declared war on Serbia. Nationalism was also another cause. Nationalism encouraged the public people to support military…

Nationalism became similar to a new religion for people in Europe and America because of the unity and solidarity it promised, as well as the economic benefits of increased modernization and societal benefit of liberation. The goals of nationalism were to unite people of similar heritage, ethnicity, and culture, as well as increase representation of the common people in politics, civil rights, and economic boom through modernization and industrialization. France nationalists goals were seen…

June 28, 1914. What began as a day meant to be a simple visit to a province of Austria turned into one of the darkest days our history has ever seen. Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenburg, were being driven through the Austro-Hungarian province of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the town of Sarajevo. Earlier in the day, before the fateful incident, Nedeljko Čabrinović had actually attempted to get the deed done before anyone else could, throwing a grenade…

World war one took place between the year 1914-1916. The war began in Ireland during the Irish revolutionary period. Ireland was a part of Britain at the time the war started. At the outbreak of the war, most Irish people, regardless of political affiliation, supported the war in much the same way as their British counterparts, and both nationalists and unionist’s leaders initially backed the British war effort. Their followers, both Catholic and Protestant, served extensively in the British…

During the early 1870s, the Franco-Prussian War took place. At this time France had no allies, which was the chancellor of Germany, Otto von Bismarck’s goal; he wanted to keep France isolated for Europe. He was successful until 1890, when Kaiser Wilhelm II took office. Between the years of 1870 to 1914 France has gained many alliances and their government has changed drastically. After the Franco-Prussian War took place, France had no alliances. Their first alliance was Russia, though they…

Have you ever wondered what triggered World War One? Neither did I, but this essay is mandatory and I need to pass this class if I ever have any plans for a not completely desolate future and an alright GPA, and so I went with plan b and instead of writing about something entertaining, I wrote about something so boring that I just might rather watch paint dry. However this essay is not about how much I truly don't care about this topic or how much of a horrible person I am/seem to be. It’s about…

1). There are several reasons as to how and why WWI started. However, historians believe that there are four main reasons as to why started. One of the most prominent reasons as to why the war started was over the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria.However, there are still several other reasons as to why the war started. One reason as to why the war started was because of Nationalism, or having great loyalty and or pride towards one owns country (aka patriotism). Another…

so that it will not be a major threat in the future. These are our demands and we hope that Germany and Austria-Hungary follow them. As most of this war was fought on French soil, we demand that our former territory, Alsace-Lorraine, which the Germans took in 1870, be returned. It was originally our land, and we demand that it be returned to its rightful owners. We also demand that Germany…

Once upon a time serbian was a tiny piece of the ottoman empire, but then Serbia gained independence from the ottoman Empire in 1815 and then its biggest fear was annexation by the Austrian-Hungarian Empire. Serbs all they wanted is for the country to become all slavic and their ally russia supported them. Austria-Hungary did not approve due to the vast slavic population they already have. The Austrian-Hungarians were scared that if they permit that the serbs would rebel. therefore they annexed…