Causes of World War 1By Tommy c

Alliances Many countries in Europe had mutual defense

agreementsThis would cause one country to go to war, if

the other is attacked These were the existing alliances before WWI: Russia and Serbia Germany and Austria-Hungary France and Russia Britain and France and Belgium Japan and Britain

Imperialism Defined as, the policy, practice, or advocacy

of extending the power and dominion of a nation especially by direct territorial acquisitions or by gaining indirect control over the political or economic life of other areas

During the time before world war 1, countries in western Europe were all building up their empires, and often disagreed with each other over who has going to be in control of a certain area

This eventually lead to war

Militarism Countries were also building stronger armies

and weapons More men were join the army than ever

beforeNew weapons had been invented and this

lead to an arms race between the countries.All these factors lead the involved countries

to war

Nationalism Nationalism is a strong identification with

ones nationNationalists usually wish to prove their

nations dominance and that citizenship should be limited to a single ethnic group

Slavic People in Bosnia and Herzegovina no longer wanted to be a part of Austria Hungary and be part of Serbia instead.

Nationalist beliefs can often lead to war

Assassination of Archduke Franz FerdinandArchduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated

in June 1914 by a Serbian nationalist over a territorial dispute

His death caused countries to declare war and eventually lead to the fist world war

Anti War PoemDINOSAURSFor two hundred million years

they roamed the planet,the great and lesser dinosaurs.One day they disappeared.Deservedly or not.

For scarcely a million yearswe hominids have been pretendingto be the rulers of the earth.Our love of war and habits of pollutionmay yet accelerate our disappearance.Deservedly.