WORLD WAR 1

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WORLD WAR 1

• FACTORS

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IMPERIALISM

• The extension of one nations control over
  another
• Can be political, economic, or military control
• Often involves colonization
• Mother country can use raw materials and natural
  resources to make a profit
• Uses nationalistic feelings of people

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NATIONALISM

• Deep loyalty to ones country
• Fuels the desire to have overseas colonies
• If countrys size increases, so does its national
  pride
• Germany had consisted of 200 states in the
  1700s
• Nationalism drew them together as one country
• Serbia was also very nationalistic

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ALLIANCES

• France and Germany had been in conflict for many,
  many years
• Triple Entente (we call them the allies)
• France, Britain, Russia
• Triple Alliance (we call them the Central Powers)
• Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary

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MILITARISM

• Belief in the power of strong armies and navies
• Building up armaments or weaponry
• Threatening to use arms and weapons
• Arms race in Europe
• Britain was known for its navy
• Britannia rules the waves
• Germany was building a navy to challenge Britain

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Trigger event

• June 1914gt Gavrilo Princip assassinated Archduke
  Franz Ferdinand and Archduchess Sophia in
  Sarajevo in Austria-Hungary
• Gavrilo Princip was a member of the Black Hand, a
  Serbian terrorist group
• Excellent sale of both horses.
• The shot heard round the world

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Trigger event

• Austro-Hungarian government blamed Serbia
• With support of its ally, Germany, delivered an
  ultimatum to Serbia
• Serbia wouldnt agree to all demands (1), so A-H
  declared war on them
• Russia and France, sort of allies of Serbia,
  mobilized their forces
• Germany felt threatened, so ordered them to stop
  doing that. They refused so Germany declared war
  on Russia then France.

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And the dominos continue to fall

• Germany was planning to attack France by going
  through the small neutral country of Belgium.
• But Britain had signed a treaty with Belgium
  saying they would guarantee their neutrality, so
  when Germany invaded Belgium, Britain declared
  war on Germany