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Period 6 Final Draft Essay
World War I was a violent and fearful time. With its massive loss of more than 16 million death count, it stands on one of the most violent war ever known to mankind. By digging deeper into its origin, the direct cause of World War I was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary, but by breaking down everything, there is five major causes of World War One. They are, The Alliance System, Nationalism, and Assassination. But these are only few of many. Alliance was one of the biggest cause. If a country is in need of help, it will usually ask an ally for help and by doing that the opposing side will do the same and so the cycle repeats. It will keep going until all the allies from
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It was due to how mad the people were from the assassination of Archduke. Some tried to stop the upcoming war but even still their effort wasn’t enough. The man Archduke Franz Ferdinand was he was from a royal family so Austria declare war on Serbia, who was responsible for the assassination. WW1 could have been stopped in some way if Austria wasn’t so mad. Assassination is by far the biggest cause of WW1, it was the main reason why everything started and without the assassination, WW1 would have never started. It was June 28, 1914. Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife was visiting Sarajevo. Both were having a great time until a bullet took its place, both Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were shot dead. Who was responsible for this? Gavrilo Princip, who came from Serbia. And thus a month later, began the first part of World War I. In short, Gavrilo Princip assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife. After the assassination, Austria was fueled with anger and declare war on Serbia. And so, calls for allies to fight along. But these are only a few reasons of the cause of World War I. The long war lasted from July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918 with an estimation of more than 16 millions death. World War I stands on one of the most unforgettable war ever and it will be remembered for generations to
What can be the outcome of fear, nationalism, and ambition in the world? Andrea Coca Global 10 Mr. Mckenna May 22, 2015 World War I also known as the Great War was a serious and complicated event in history. The causes of the Great War (WWI) were the alliance systems, colonial conflicts, the crisis in the Balkans, and the ability for mass mobilization. Before the Great War started many countries were already developed and others were starting to develop, we had countries with strong economic powers and others that were emerging.
World War 1 began on until July 28, 1914. After, the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, and his wife Sophie was assassinated. They were assassinated by Serbian nationalist, Gavrilo Princip, in Sarajevo, Bosnia. After the assassination, Austria-Hungary blamed the Serbian government for the attack and hoped to use it as a justification for settling the question of the Serbian nationalism. Days after the assassination, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia.
The outbreak of World War I occurred on June 28, 1914 where the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austrian throne, was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip, a young serbian nationalist. This assassination caused Austria to immediately break relations with Serbia. Meanwhile Russia let the Austrians know that they were backing the Serbs, this then occurred throughout many other countries, and alliances formed starting World War I. 41 million casualties later and the Allies, consisting of the U.S, Britain, and France, were victorious leaving Germany and Austria-Hungary punished severely for this inhuman calamity. Overall the number of casualties and the punishment of Germany in World War I created political, social, and economical
A cause and effect relationship causing World War 1 was the assassination of the Archduke and when Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, took place on June 28th, 1914 in Sarajevo. The Black Hand, a Serbian terrorist group, intended on the car that the Archduke and his wife were in to be bombed but the bomb did not go off, instead they were shot. The shooter was Gavrilo Princip. This was very much an attack influenced by alliances and
Chibuike Ezenekwe Period 1 February 10, 2015 The Cause of World War I In the end, the once funny war was no longer funny at all. World War I was fought for four years, from July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918. About 20 million people were wounded and over 16 million people were killed.
World War 1 was a time bomb waiting to blow. Imperialism, alliances, militarism, and nationalism made up the bomb. But the match that lit the wick was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. Austria-Hungry immediately blamed the Serbian government for the attack. Austria-Hungry knew that Serbia had the support of Russia on their side so they gotten help from Germany in case Russia or any of its allies such as France and Great Britain.
WHY WW1 STARTED There are many reasons for the start of ww1 but here are a couple. The main start for ww1 was the assassination of the archduke franz ferdinand. He was killed june 28,1914 by gavrilo princip. Him and his wife were killed in his car after multiple assassination attempts.
Austria-Hungary’s Cause of World War I The trigger of one gun being pulled caused the death of 17 million people. On June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife of Austria-Hungary were shot and killed by 19-year-old Serbian Nationalist, Gavrilo Princip, during a motorcade after an unsuccessful attempt at bombing Ferdinand. Because of the Triple Entente of France, Britain, and Russia and the Triple Alliance of Austria-Hungary, Germany, and Italy, this event started a chain reaction.
The War to End All Wars The War to End All Wars, also greatly known as World War 1, had caused over 16 million deaths of Americans and millions of casualties because of numerous reasons. One of the most important cause that triggered this war, was the assassination of the Austrian Archduke, Franz Ferdinand. After this incident, more dilemmas occurred that soon led to World War 1. The other acknowledge reasons for this war milestone were because of imperialism, militarism, and nationalism.
Causes of World War I World War I was one of the worst battles in history. The number of money spent and deaths are unbelievable. Nations spent millions on the war.
The June 1914 assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by the Serbian Black Hand Group, caused Austria-Hungary to declare war on Serbia. As their allies got involved this conflict grew into World War I (WWI). This event wasn’t the real cause of the war, it was just the spark that started it. Most people would say the causes were imperialism, nationalism, alliances and militarism.
Due to unfortunate circumstances, one of the assassins had the opportunity to shoot the Archduke since the driver had turned on the wrong road. Due to these nationalistic feelings between certain countries, World War I occurred since the collective consciousness among a nation’s people deeply impacted the rest of the world with its rebellion against a country. World War I was inevitable to occur since these people had seriously rebelled against a more powerful country and remained obstinate to continue their fight until they had achieved their desires. Eventually, other countries joined the conflict to side with either Austria-Hungary or the
World War 1 was the first global conflict as it was a struggle between the leading world powers in Europe that had colonised the 19th century. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Bosnia, heir to the Austrian-Hungary throne was a major trigger factor that led to the World War breaking out. It initially began as a European quarrel caused by the rivalry between nations which led to a series of mobilisations. In addition, there were many other vital factors to consider and these include Imperialism, Nationalism, Alliances and Militarism. This essay will explain how the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand in 1914 triggered a number of events that led to the outbreak of World War 1.
Cynthia Santiago December 06,2017 Period 4 Cause World War One World war one was one of the wars to end all wars not that it didn’t but it as well started so many more. In the war over 16 million of people died. Do you know what where the causes to this conflict? Well Alliances, Imperialism,Militarism and Nationalism were the main reasons for the cause of this conflict.
The Causes of the First World War Carmen There were quite a few causes of the first world war (WW1). The long-term causes were the militarism, alliance system, imperialism and nationalism- MAIN. The short-term cause was the fact that Austria-Hungary blamed Serbia for killing Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife. I personally think the most significant cause to WW1 is the alliance system and here, I will justify why I think like this. I think the most significant cause of WW1 was the alliance system.