ORIGINS OF WW1

Franco Prussian War:
In 1871, France got defeated in this war meaning the French have to give the provinces of Alsace and Lorraine to Germany and 5 billion francs/£200 billion

Franco-Russian Alliance:1893
The French urged this alliance as they wanted to get revenge on Germany after A&L was taken. Russia wanted an alliance with Germany but the Kaiser was not interested. It took 2 years to sign this alliance but it became stronger when France gave money to Russia for Railways

Splendid Isolation:19th century
This was where Britain did not want to get involved with any of Europe's alliances or affairs. To be safe from any attacks, they relied on the Royal Navy, the largest navy at the time covering 1/4 of the world.

Entente Cordial:1903-1904
The Entente Cordial was an agreement between Britain and France. Britain would help France get Morocco and France would help Britain get Egypt

Crisis in Morocco:1905
The Kaiser rode in to Tangier in a white horse; military band and Moroccan troops. He reveled that he wants Moroccan independence and not to be taken over by France, testing the Entente Cordial.

The Anglo- Japanese Alliance:1902
Britain had formed an alliance with Japan in which they promised to defend eachover if they got attacked by 2 or more countries. Britain was even more Splendid and Japan was out preventing Russian expansion

The Anglo-Russian Agreement-1907
Because Britain and Russia had backed France in Algeciras, France used this as a opportunity to improve relationships between them. This solved a lot of oversea colonial problem especially in Tibet

T8he Bosnian Crisis:1908
Many countries in the Balkans were in the process of becoming independent from The Turkish Empire. Most of these countries were occupied by Slavs. Serbia had plans to unite all these countries into a Yugoslavia or Greater Serbia until Austria-Hungary annexed Bosnia without informing anyone.