CAUSES OF THE I WORLD WAR

ON THE 28 JUNE 1914 , HEIR TO AUSTRIAN THRONE, FRANZ FERDINAND, IS KILLED IN SARAJEVO BY A SERBIAN NATIONALIST. THE TENSION HAD BEEN BUILDING IN EUROPE SINCE 1900
MILITARISM
1. THERE WAS A NAVAL RIVALTY BETWEEN GERMANY AND UK
2. GERMANY COMPETED WITH BRITAIN TO BUILD BATTLESHIPS AND TO CONTROL TRADE ROUTES
3. ALSO GERMANY COMPETED WITH RUSIA AND FRANCE TO EXPAND THEIR ARMIES
4. EACH COUNTRY TRIED TO HAVE A BETTER MILITARY MACHINE THAN THEIR ENEMY
INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCES
1. FRANCE AND BRITAIN WERE AFRAID OF THE KAISER´S AMBITION TO BUILT A LARGE GERMAN EMPIRE
2. TRIPLE ALIANCE
  1. GERMANY
    1. AUSTRIA
      1. HUNGARY
        ITALY
3. TRIPLE ENTENE
  1. BRITAIN
    1. FRANCE
      1. RUSSIA
IMPERIALISM
1. ALL THE GREAT POWERS WERE COMPETING FOR COLONIES . BUT GERMAN ATTEMPTS TO GAIN COLONIES FRIGTENED AND ANNOYED FRANCE AND BRITAIN
NATIONALISM
1. FRANCES LOST ALSACE AND LORRAINE IN 1871
2. AUSTRIA AND RUSSIA WERE COMPETING TO HAVE MORE INFLUENCE IN TTHE BALKANS
3. SLAVS , AIDED BY RUSIA AND SERBIA , WANTED TO BE FRE OF AUSTRIAN RULE
4. SERBIA WANTED TO CREATE A COUNTRY WITH BOSNIANS , CROATIANS AND SLOVENIANS AND HAD THE SUPPORT OF RUSSIA
5. THE 2 BALKAN WARS
  1. SERBIA , BULGARIA , GREECE AND MONTENEGRO DEFEATED THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
  2. BULGARIA AND SERBIA FOUGHT FOR DOMINANCE IN THE REGION , AND SERBIA EMERGED AS THE VICTORY
6. WHEN FRANZ FERDINAND IS ASSESINATED , AUSTRIA DECLARED WAR TO SERBIA , SO RUSSIA DECLARED WAR TO AUSTRIA

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