assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie of Austria-Hungary on June 28th 1914 by The Black Hand. The assassination happened because of feelings toward the Serbians. The Archduke and his wife were on a parade route in their car during their visit to Sarajevo. Many assassins were lined up to take the kill of the Archduke but all failed‚ there was one young assassin named Gavrilo Princip. After all the assassins failed‚ including him‚ he went to get lunch‚ the Archdukes car just so
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There have been many different reasons why the first World War began. From the assassination of the archduke of Austria-Hungary to militarism in Europe. Other times‚ the cause for World War 1 maybe to just blame one country as a whole‚ which most of the times it does. Although there are many reason for the outbreak the two big reasons are The Assassination of the Archduke and The Alliance Systems. Although this paper will focus on the Alliance Systems‚ the assassination played a big role on actually
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Plan‚ and the trigger of this war was the assassination of Franz Ferdinand. Overall‚ the most important reason was the Alliance System. One of the main causes of the Great War was the Alliance System; this was a long-term cause. These alliances formed for protection and revenge. The 2 main alliances in Europe at this time were the Triple Entente‚ including Great Britain‚ France and Russia. The Tripe Alliance: Germany‚ Italy and Austria-Hungary. Each member of the alliances guaranteed to help
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answer is the assassination of the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand which was a catalyst for the things to come. The assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo on June 28th‚ 1914 by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip kick-started everything that would lead up to the first world war. Because of this singular event‚ Austria feared that Russia would intervene on Serbia’s behalf‚ so they reached out to Germany. Germany‚ then hands Austria-Hungary
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responsible for the start of the first World War. Causes Undeniable to the immediate cause for the outbreak of the first World War is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary. An angry dissatisfied Serbian-nationalist terrorist group‚ named the Black hand put a significant amount of planning into the assassination of Franz Ferdinand. When the driver of the open car with the royal couple made a wrong turn. Then a Black Hand member named Gavrilo Princip
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Belgium‚ Greece‚ Portugal and Montenegro Fact 4 - The countries of the Central Powers included Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ Turkey and Bulgaria Fact 5 - World War 1 was triggered on 28 June 1914 by the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his pregnant wife Sophie Fact 6 - Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was the nephew of Emperor Franz Josef and heir to the throne of Austria and Hungary Fact 7 - The assassination took place in in Sarajevo‚ the capital of the Austro-Hungarian
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The causes of the world war were 4; the murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ Arms Race‚ Alliances and the Empire. I think that the most important cause is the Alliances‚ because if other countries didn’t start coming into Austria-Hungary’s war with Serbia‚ it wouldn’t have turned into a major war. The first link is from Box 3: ‘Countries wanted a big empire because they gave countries more power‚ money and prestige’‚ to Box 1: ‘Countries in Europe were competing over who had the biggest empire’
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The Triple Alliance agreement was secretly made in 1882 between Italy‚ Germany‚ and Austria-Hungary. With this alliance came the destruction of the Three Emperor’s League between Russia‚ Austria-Hungary and Germany. In need of a new power to ally themselves with‚ Russia made a Dual Alliance with France in 1864. After Edward VII ascended to the throne of Great Britain‚ which was popular among
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warm spirits‚ and hope of a new beginning. Though‚ with the Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ of Austria‚ this statement becomes a spurious claim. The trusting gesture of Franz to the people he would have soon ruled‚ soon became the death of him. The Congress of Berlin in 1878 Austria-Hungary had been given the right to administer Bosnia and Herzegovina on the western border of Serbia. Thousands of Slavs lived in that area‚ but in 1908‚ Austria-Hungary annexed these ideas outright‚ which infuriated the Serbs
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surrounded by water‚ had large powerful navy helped to keep the empire safe. On June 28th‚ 1914‚ a nationalist organization called the Black Hand assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand in an attempt due to demands for Serbian independence. The Black Hand wanted all Serbs to live together so were annoyed at Austria-Hungary for taking over Bosnia. The Arms race could had led to war because Germany and Britain weren’t concentrating on building up their armies as they were competing with
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