World War 1 Essay

Diplomacy is a very valuable because it allows us to interact between other countries. It is used to negotiate with other countries for compromises and to prevent war. But as we can see, it hasn’t been entirely effective in the past.
Diplomatic relations in World War 1 (WW1) was a huge part of why it happened. The ignition point of WW1 was the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary. The killer was Princip of Serbia. Princip was part of a terrorist group called the Black Hand. The Black Hand was an organization that planned political assassinations. But before this assassination, there was a build up to the assassination. Before the war, in 1908, Austria-Hungary annexed Bosnia-Herzegovina, which is part of the Balkans. This would give them more control because they are controlling more of Europe. Serbia, just south of Austria-Hungary, was not happy about them gaining territory in the Balkans. It made them nervous because Austria-Hungary just annexed Bosnia-Herzegovina, so why not Serbia next? So Serbia wanted to bring them down. This lead to the Balkan Wars in 1908 - 1913. Tensions and suspicions were building between the European powers.
There were four major reasons for the ignition of WW1. The first one was militarism. Militarism is the idea that a country should maintain a strong
Which leads to the second cause of WW1, imperialism. Having more territory means more control and more power. In the spring of 1914, the world was being carved up or imperialized by European powers. Great Britain had a colonial empire of 33,000,000 sq. km. with a population of 400,000,000. France had 11,500,000 sq. km. with a population of 56,000,000. But poor Germany had only a territory of 2,950,000 sq. km. with a population of 12,000,000. This did not make Germany happy, they needed more land in their