The first reason/cause is “Mutual Defense Alliance” - Over the time countries throughout Europe made mutual defense agreements that would pull them into battle. Simply it is nothing but if one country was attacked ultimately the allied countries were being bounded to defend them. Before the World War I Russia &Serbia, Germany & Austria, Japan & Britain, France &Russia were the only alliances that existed.
Queen Anne’s war was basically the introduction of King William's War. To sum it up, “King James II deceased in France in September, 1701. He had been secured by Louis XIV after his flight from his throne to France and now the French monarch acknowledged James' son, James Francis Edward, to be the lawful king of England. This act offended the English because the crown had been settled upon Anne, James' second and Protestant daughter. Louis like-wise offended the English by placing his grandson, Philip of Anjou, on the throne of Spain, so increasing French influence among the dynasties of Europe.
The French and Indian war, also known as the Seven Years’ war, was fought between France and Great Britain. It started because of French expansion into the Ohio Valley. This expansion created conflict
It is also known as Pontiac’s War, it took place from 1763-1766. The Ohio River Valley is where the battle was taken place. The indians looked upon the British with concern because the British thought they were better than the indians. The British also gave white people land that the indians owned. The indian groups that in the battle were the Ottawa, Chippewa, Potawatomi, Huron, Delaware, Shawnee, Mingo, Miami, Kickapoo, Mascoten, and Piankashaw.
Document A ‘‘European Alliances, 1914’’ shows us the different types of alliances that nations had with each other. Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy were known as the Triple Alliance. There was also the Triple Entente, an alliance between France, Great Britain and Russia. Alliances helped cause the war because nations would be against each other and they would also want to be dominant. Although there were many reasons that caused World War I, Militarism, Imperialism, and Allies were the main factors.
The French and Indian War was a war from 1754 to 1763 between the Kingdom of Great Britain and France in North America. The war extended to the world as part of the Seven Years War. It officially came to a close with the Treaty of Paris in 1763 and North America territories were divided to United Kingdom. Spain ceded Florida to the United Kingdom. France ceded Louisiana to the east of Mississippi River to the United Kingdom as compensation.
The first reason is the main reason the U.S joined the Spanish-American war is territory and resources. According to a document by Jason Colby, Spain took control of Cuba, the Philippines Islands, and Puerto Rico. The U.S was worried that
The war was known as The Seven Years ' War to the British but to the Americans it was called The French and Indian War, it was the bloodiest American war in the 18th century taking more lives than the American Revolution. Spreading across and involving three continents which included much of Europe, the Caribbean and India. The war was sparked by a clash between the English and French over colonial territory and wealth. “The land- variously claimed by Virginians, Pennsylvanians and the French-was actually inhabited by more than a dozen Indian tribes.” (pg 130)
The English colonists between the time period of 1744 and 1748 were involved in clashes with the French known as King George 's War. In the time following King George 's War the affiliation between the English, French, and Iroquois shattered. After King George 's War, the Iroquois handed out trading concessions in the interior to English merchants which caused the French to have some concern. The French had believed that the English were going to use the concessions as a part of their plan to expand into their territories. In response to this, the French began to build fortresses in the Ohio Valley in which the English thought was a hazard to them and planned for military action.
WWI (1914-1918) was a disastrous conflict between two sides - the Allied Powers and the Central Powers. It resulted in the victory of the Allies. There were plenty of Central Powers weaknesses, the Schlieffen plan, weak allies of Germany and their hard economic situation at the end of the WWI. However, it was not only due to these weaknesses, Allied Powers had a few strengths, that made them won. The most important of these are : greater army, control of the sea and support of the USA since 1917, while Germany was already running out of supplies and soldiers.
The war was fought not only in Europe, where Prussia seized Silesia and France occupied the Austrian Netherlands, but in the east, where France took Madras in India from the British, and in North America, where the British captured the French fortress of Louisburg at the entrance to the St. Lawrence River. This all ended in 1748, when all parties in the war were exhausted and then agreed to stop. A peace treaty returned all taken land from Silesia back to their original
The Seven Years War was also known as the French and Indian War. The “Seven” Years War actually lasted from the year 1754 until 1763, lasting nine years, not seven. It was given the name Seven Years War because it was not officially considered a war until the year 1756, however it is agreed today that the war really lasted nine years. The war was fought between Great Britain and the French in North America.
An alliance led to war because Austria-Hungary declared war and when they needed help they included Germany and Italy, so when Germany and France declared war on each other Russia and Great Britain got involved. Unfortunately, more people than needed got involved causing the war to last much longer than
The Peace of Paris was signed in 1763 between Britain and France who was allied with Spain. Britain gained territories in America and India. Spain too gained in the war. (see Chapter 19) Prussia and Austria signed the Treaty of Hubertsburg in 1763.
How Does Anne’s Life Change in the Annex? Anne Frank is a Jewish girl who passed away in the holocaust. When she was about thirteen years old, she had to live in hiding because all Jews were being murdered. The holocaust was a very dark time, so Anne had to live in the annex until the war was over. Was she completely safe from all the dangers in the annex though?
