Causes of WWI

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Causes of WWI
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Causes of WWI - MANIA

• Militarism
• Alliances
• Nationalism
• Imperialism
• Assassination

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Militarism

• When a nations armed forces come to dominate a
  countrys national policy
• It is also a glorification of the military and
  war itself

1910-1914 Increase in Defense Expenditures
France 10
Britain 13
Russia 39
Germany 73
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Alliances

• Signed treaties in which each nation involved
  pledges to defend the other if attacked by an
  aggressor
• Basically, countries agreed to help each other

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Alliances
Triple Entente
Triple Alliance
Great Britain
Germany
Austria-Hungary
France
Italy
Russia
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Nationalism

• Pride and patriotism in ones nation
• In terms of WWI, nationalism became aggressive
  and subsequently (because of this) a major cause
  of international tension
• Independent nations desired dominance and
  prestige and as these powers tried to dominate
  each other in Europe, their rivalries may be
  regarded as one of the causes of the First World
  War

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Imperialism

• Domination by one country over the political,
  economic, or cultural life of another country or
  region
• Due to the Industrial Revolution of the 1800s,
  some European nations had a large portion of the
  world under their control

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Imperialism and Colonial Rivalries

• After 1870, the European nations began to acquire
  colonies in Asia, Africa and the Pacific
• Colonial rivalry led to
• strained relations among the European powers. In
  Africa, all the European powers except Austria
  and Russia had colonies there. Thus there were
  many clashes among France, Britain, Germany and
  Italy.
• the formation and strengthening of alliances and
  ententes. (indirectly)
• an intensification of the arms race.
• much hostility among the powers.

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Assassination

• The spark that started WWI
• On June 28, 1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir
  to the Austria Hungarian Throne was assassinated
  by Gavrilo Princip, a Serbian nationalist who
  believed that Bosnia should belong to Serbia

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Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Duchess Sophie at
Sarajevo, Bosnia, on June 28, 1914
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• Gavrilo Princip after his assassination of
  Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand

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The Point of No Return

• Austria blamed Serbia for Ferdinands death and
  declared war on Serbia.
• Germany pledged their support for Austria
  -Hungary.
• Russia pledged their support for Serbia.

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• Germany declares war on Russia
• France pledges their support for Russia
• Germany declares war on France
• Germany invades Belgium on the way to France
• Great Britain supports Belgium and declares war
  on Germany

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Allied Powers
Central Powers
Germany
Great Britain
World War I
Austria-Hungary
France
Ottoman Empire
Russia
Italy
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Sources

• http//www.thecorner.org/hist/wwi/colonial.htm
• http//www.mrberlin.com/8th/WWI/World_War_I_causes
  .ppt
• http//www.msroachesplace.com/causes1.ppt