Causes of WW1

Alliance Systems
1. Many alliances between countries
2. Britain & Australia
3. By 1914, all the major powers were linked by an alliance system
4. Made it more likely a war would start
5. Relationships or friendships based on shared interest
The Naval Race
1. The belief that nations are entitled to a strong army
2. Nations began to compete with each other
3. Trying to get stronger, better armies
4. Building new army technologies & weapons
5. Germany competing with the UK to build battleships
6. Competing to out-do each other
  1. Made other nations nervous
19th Century Imperialism
1. The policy of expanding a countries territories
  1. Though diplomacy or force
2. All the great powers competed to expand their empire
3. British feared Germany's movements in Africa
4. Large powers took over Africa
Nationalism
1. Nations wanted to assert their power & independence
2. In Europe slavs, aided by Serbia & Russia wanted to be free of Austrian Rule
3. Desire for a country to receive political independence
4. Everyone wanted to be independent suddenly and have power of their own
Assassination
1. Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
  1. Shot by the black hand
    1. First attacked with bomb that failed
  2. While at a sandwich shop
  3. In Sarajevo, Bosnia trying to take over Bosnia
  4. Gavel Principe shot the Archduke and his wife
2. Key event in starting the war
3. Austrians blamed Serbia for supporting terrorists
4. Heir to the Austrian throne
5. June 2, 1914
Sources
1. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/WWIchartX.svg/2000px-WWIchartX.svg.png
2. Shows the alliances in WW1
3. Book: Allan, Tony. The Causes Of World War I. Chicago, Ill.: Heinemann Library, 2003. Print.
4. Shows Franz Ferninad and his wife in Sarajevo, just before they got shot.
  1. http://www.worldwar1.nl/1914-1918/cityhallsarajevo.jpg
The Unification of Germany
1. Made up of smaller states and largely a feudal society
2. After the war in 1870 Prussia's leader proclaimed emperor of Germany
3. Experienced prosperity & rapid development
4. Rapid industrialisation
5. Increased Economic output
6. Britain were threatened
German invasion of Belgium
1. Part of the Schleiffen Plan
2. Germany planned to enter France via Belgium
  1. Belgium refused
3. Germans asked Belgium's permission but were refused
  1. Britain was obliged to help Belgium
    1. Britain declared war on Germany

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