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    The main causes of WWI included militarism, alliances, nationalism, imperialism, and the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Militarism led European nations to increase their defense spending in the early 1900s. Alliances bound countries to support each other militarily. Nationalism heightened tensions between countries seeking power and prestige. Imperialism and colonial rivalries strained relations as European powers competed for colonies. The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand by a Serbian nationalist was the spark that led Austria to declare war on Serbia, pulling in allies through the web of alliances and starting World War I.

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    The main causes of WWI included militarism, alliances, nationalism, imperialism, and the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Militarism led European nations to increase their defense spending in the early 1900s. Alliances bound countries to support each other militarily. Nationalism heightened tensions between countries seeking power and prestige. Imperialism and colonial rivalries strained relations as European powers competed for colonies. The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand by a Serbian nationalist was the spark that led Austria to declare war on Serbia, pulling in allies through the web of alliances and starting World War I.

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    The main causes of WWI included militarism, alliances, nationalism, imperialism, and the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Militarism led European nations to increase their defense spending in the early 1900s. Alliances bound countries to support each other militarily. Nationalism heightened tensions between countries seeking power and prestige. Imperialism and colonial rivalries strained relations as European powers competed for colonies. The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand by a Serbian nationalist was the spark that led Austria to declare war on Serbia, pulling in allies through the web of alliances and starting World War I.

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    The main causes of WWI included militarism, alliances, nationalism, imperialism, and the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Militarism led European nations to increase their defense spending in the early 1900s. Alliances bound countries to support each other militarily. Nationalism heightened tensions between countries seeking power and prestige. Imperialism and colonial rivalries strained relations as European powers competed for colonies. The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand by a Serbian nationalist was the spark that led Austria to declare war on Serbia, pulling in allies through the web of alliances and starting World War I.

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    Causes of WWI

    Causes of WWI - MANIA

    • Militarism
    • Alliances
    • Nationalism
    • Imperialism
    • Assassination
    Militarism
    • When a nation’s armed forces come to dominate
    a country’s national policy
    • It is also a glorification of the military and war
    itself
    1910-1914 Increase in Defense
    Expenditures
    France 10%
    Britain 13%
    Russia 39%
    Germany 73%
    Alliances
    • Signed treaties in which each nation
    involved pledges to defend the other if
    attacked by an aggressor
    • Basically, countries agreed to help each
    other
    Alliances
    Triple Entente:: Triple Alliance::
    Great Britain Germany

    France Austria-Hungary

    Russia Italy
    Nationalism
    • Pride and patriotism in one’s nation
    • In terms of WWI, nationalism became
    aggressive and subsequently (because of
    this) a major cause of international
    tension
    • Independent nations desired dominance
    and prestige and as these powers tried to
    dominate each other in Europe, their
    rivalries may be regarded as one of the
    causes of the First World War
    Imperialism
    • Domination by one country over the
    political, economic, or cultural life of
    another country or region
    • Due to the Industrial Revolution of the
    1800s, some European nations had a large
    portion of the world under their control
    Imperialism and Colonial Rivalries
    • After 1870, the European nations began to
    acquire colonies in Asia, Africa and the Pacific
    • Colonial rivalry led to:
    – strained relations among the European powers. In
    Africa, all the European powers except Austria and
    Russia had colonies there. Thus there were many
    clashes among France, Britain, Germany and Italy.
    – the formation and strengthening of alliances and
    ententes. (indirectly)
    – an intensification of the arms race.
    – much hostility among the powers.
    Assassination
    • The “spark” that started WWI
    • On June 28, 1914 Archduke Franz
    Ferdinand, heir to the Austria Hungarian
    Throne was assassinated by Gavrilo
    Princip, a Serbian nationalist who believed
    that Bosnia should belong to Serbia
    Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Duchess Sophie at
    Sarajevo, Bosnia, on June 28, 1914
    • Gavrilo Princip after
    his assassination of
    Austrian Archduke
    Franz Ferdinand
    The Point of No Return

    • Austria blamed Serbia for Ferdinand’s


    death and declared war on Serbia.

    • Germany pledged their support for Austria


    -Hungary.

    • Russia pledged their support for Serbia.


    • Germany declares war on Russia

    • France pledges their support for Russia

    • Germany declares war on France

    • Germany invades Belgium on the way to


    France

    • Great Britain supports Belgium and


    declares war on Germany
    Allied Powers:: Central Powers::
    Great Britain Germany

    France Austria-Hungary

    World War I

    Russia Ottoman Empire

    Italy
    Sources
    • http://www.thecorner.org/hist/wwi/colonial.htm
    • http://www.mrberlin.com/8th/WWI/
    World_War_I_causes.ppt
    • http://www.msroachesplace.com/causes1.ppt

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