World War 1 Imperialism

World War 1 was one of the most deadly wars ever recorded in the history of wars. The war began July 28, 1914. In this war two unions or two sides where formed. One team had the Allies which included the following countries: Britain, France, Russia, Italy and the United States. The other team was called the Central Power, which included the following countries: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria. The spark that ignited this “Great War” was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Another reason would be that other counties began to be imperialistic. For example Brittan owned ¼ of the world countries like Canada, India, Ceylon, Burma, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, several Pacific and Caribbean Islands, South Africa, Rhodesia, Egypt and other parts of Africa. But the United States didn’t enter this war till the third year.
One ship in particular is called the William P. Frye, is belonged to the U.S army. Later Germany’s government apologized they said it was an unfortunate mistake. Another event that lead the United States to World War 1 was Lusitania. Lusitania was cruise line owned by Britain. Many Americans where cruising on Lusitania and because Germany didn’t like the United States they bombed it. After words Germany using the telegram (owned but the U.S) to send a message (Zimmerman note) to Mexico saying “Declare war agents the U.S and we’ll help you get the land you lost in the Spanish American war (which includes: Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and a part of