The Assassination Of Franz Ferdinand

After considering all primary and secondary sources, I think that the Austro-Hungarian Government had a big responsibility when Franz Ferdinand was assassinated and were stubborn enough not to accept any pity from the Serbian government. Instead, they used the pity as a way to abuse the power they had over Serbia. Yes, a Jugoslav did assassinate Franz Ferdinand, but despite the fact that he had treated the South Slavs without any mercy, the Serbian Government had still sent their condolences and offered all the help they could give. This showed how the Serbian government clearly wanted to keep peace with Austria-Hungary and had not wanted this to cause any more tension then there already was. Since Austria-Hungary is known as one of the central