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Causes of World War I

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Causes of World War One

Although it was the assassination of the Austrian archduke, Franz Ferdinand that led to the outbreak of world war one in August 1914, the actual causes of the war were more complicated and not confined to a single cause.

Alliances
-n alliance is an agreement made between two or more countries to gi)e each other hel' if it is needed. When an alliance is signed$ those countries become (nown as -llies. - number of alliances had been signed b/ countries between the /ears 1#4% and 1%1&. 5hese were im'ortant because the/ meant that some countries had no o'tion but to declare war if one of their allies declared war first.

Imperialism
Imperialism is when a country takes o er new lands or countries and makes them sub!ect to their rule. "y 19## the "ritish $mpire e%tended o er fi e continents and France had control of large areas of Africa. &he amount of lands 'owned' by "ritain and France increased the ri alry with (ermany who had entered the scramble to ac)uire colonies late and only had small areas of Africa.

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Militarism
7ilitarism means that the arm/ and militar/ forces are gi)en a high 'rofile b/ the go)ernment. 5he growing 8uro'ean di)ide had led to an arms race between the main countries. 5he armies of both 2rance and 0erman/ had more than doubled between 1#49 and 1%1& and there was fierce com'etition between 1ritain and 0erman/ for master/ of the seas. 5he 1ritish had introduced the :Dreadnought:$ an effecti)e battleshi'$ in 1%9;. 5he 0ermans soon followed suit introducing their own battleshi's. 5he 0erman$ <on 3chlieffen also drew u' a 'lan of action that in)ol)ed attac(ing 2rance through 1elgium if *ussia made an attac( on 0erman/.

Nationalism
*ationalism means being a strong supporter of the rights and interests of one's country. &he +ongress of ,ienna, held after the *apoleonic wars left both (ermany and Italy as di ided states. It was nationalism the re-unification of Italy in 1./1 and (ermany in 1.01. France was angry because the settlement at the end of the Franco-1russian war had gi en Alsace-2orraine to (ermany. 2arge areas of both Austria-3ungary and 4erbia were home to differing nationalist groups, all of whom wanted freedom from the states in which they li ed.