The First World War spanned four years and involved many nation states. World War I began after the Archduke( Franz Ferdinand) of the decaying Austro-Hungarian empire was assassinated in Sarajevo on June 28‚ 1914 by a group of Serbian nationalists. This event began the struggle between Serbia and the Austro-Hungarian government. On 28 June 1914‚ the Archduke Franz-Ferdinand‚ wearing his seven lucky charm and his light-blue cavalry dress with bullet proof‚ and his wife visited Sarajevo‚ the
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The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on the 28th June 1914 by Gavrilo Princip of the Serbain Secret society‚ the "Black Hand" had devastating consequences on the world. The causes of this event can be found in the determination of Serbian nationalism to create a Southern Slav state and the equal determination of Austria to prevent this from happening. This created growing tension amongst the Great Powers which would lead to a series of Ultimatums and mobilisations which would affect many
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to be at the time. There was no plan that he would turn down that street and he would kill them‚ it was all by coincidence. The man who killed the Archduke and his wife was a 19-year-old by the name of Gavrilo Princip‚ he was a cohort of the terrorist group in the land called ‘Black Hand.’ Princip took his chance and walked toward the car and shot into it‚ he hit Sophia
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Franz Ferdinand‚ widespread militarism and economic imperialism. I will explain why these where the three reasons in the following paragraphs. The first cause of WW1 took place on June 28‚ 1914. Gavrilo Princip killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne‚ and his wife. Princip belonged to a group called the Black Hand. Austria Hungary demanded Serbia to punish those responsible for the assassination. When Serbia didn’t want to cooperate‚ Austria Hungary declared war on
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who shot Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife was Gavrilo Princip. The Black Hand group originally planned
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Who is to blame and what triggered this minor event to lead into the outbreak of World War 1? June 28th 1914: the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary and his wife by a Serbian nationalist‚ Gavrilo Princip. Austria-Hungary saw this as an opportunity to take hostile actions against Serbia to get rid of the Slavic Nationalist movement. What started off as a minor dispute in the Balkans ended up as one of the most inglorious wars in history including all major European powers
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The Young Bosnian group was made up of mainly Serbs and the most notable Serbian member is of course‚ Gavrilo Princip‚ nevertheless‚ he was not the mastermind behind the operation. The man who coordinated the plan and recruited the other members was Danilo Illic. Those other members were Nedeljko Cabrinovic‚ Trifko Grabez‚ Vaso Cubrilovic‚ Cvjetko Popovic‚ and
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war on Serbia‚ Russia did the same. Germany is an Ally of Austria-Hungary and declares war on Russia & France. Alliances made the war gain more participants which led to the title World War. Nationalism is when you stand up for your country. Gavrilo Princip assassinated the prince of Austria-Hungary. He thought that killing the prince would be the first step to getting rid of the rule in the Balkans (to free Bosnia and Herzegovina of Austria-Hungarian) and uniting the South Slav peoples into a federal
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The end of the 19th century was an important time for Europe and its nations. Nations had become industrialized thanks to the industrial revolution‚ and were making advances in science every passing day. It was a different than Europe 100 years ago. It seemed every country had changed‚ and become extremely political. Imperialism was growing in Europe as well‚ the foreign policy of almost every main country. 30 years before‚ the large Prussian army invaded France and took a fair amount of their land
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World War I was one of the most important wars in history. In 1889 nations started to get more competitive‚ also known as nationalism. People who spoke different languages and lived in the same place‚ made others feel as if they should all have a different or separate national government. People should all speak the same language. In 1815‚ the congress of Vienna put an effort into giving Europe’s rulers what they wanted instead of giving the people what they wanted or deserved. The congress of Vienna
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