Main Causes Of World War I

World War the war that changed the world as we know it, the making and breaking of alliances which all contributed to the war that spread through countries throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, South America and even Australia. Since Europe and North America, both had an improvement on their technology they already had the upper hand. However, Europe had a vast amount of colonization throughout Africa, Australia, that along with their alliances throughout Europe. The main alliances being the triple alliance between Germany, Italy, and Austria- Hungary vs their enemies the triple entente of France, Russia and Great Britain.World War I started in Europe, after Serbian attacker Gavrilo Princip assassinated Austria-Hungary’s archduke …show more content…
Their victory against Belgium also causes Belgium's ally Great Britain to step in and also declare war on Germany.However, all those events aren't the main causes for World War I, the main causes are imperialism are nationalism, imperialism, alliance system, and …show more content…
Imperialism is a cause of World War I because it leads to bigger countries having individual smaller countries, helping them when in wars, as well as angering some countries leading to war. An illustration from the Le Petit Journal on January 16, 1898, it shows leaders from other countries sitting at a table dividing up china like it's a pizza. It also shows what appears as a Chinese leader with his arms up and yelling at the other leaders. This is an example of imperialism because it shows another "bigger" countries taking over china. It also shows how imperialism can lead to war, as between the countries at table two (Britain and Germany) seem to disagree on who gets the land, which could lead to war between them and their allies. That as well the Chinese leader who is mad at the table and could potentially go to war with all of them to protect his land. Another reason imperialism led to World War I is the benefits of imperialism for the countries that took them over. Thus being control of trade routes in said region and having the power of sending them to war with their enemies. In John Hobson's writing Imperialism in 1902, he states "Our rivals were seizing and annexing territories, and when they had annexed them closed them to our trade”. Explaining how when a rival country takes over a smaller country they also take control of said country’s