Question

what were the causes of WWI??

Answer 1

1. Nationalism: Bosnians and Serbians were very nationalistic, and the Bosnians(Serbs that were living in Bosnia at the time) wanted to seperate from Austris-Hungary and join Serbia.
2. Militarism: Britain had a strong military, and navy. It was possibly the strongest there was back then. Germany knew this and started to create a navy that could rival Britains. Other countries got suspicious of this and wondered what Germany was up to.
3. Imperialism: Many countries wanted to acquire land and colonies far away for various reasons. Britain had the largest empire, and other countries wanted colonies for themselves. This was due to industrialism (=more interest in colonies)
4. Alliances: In 1914, France and Germany were looking for Alliances. So France joined Britain and Russia = Triple Entente/Allies.
Germany joined with Austris-Hungary and Italy=Triple Alliances/Central Powers.
(Note: Italy left the Triple Alliances to join the Allies, when they thought that Germany would lose.)
5. Assasination: Archduke Franz Ferdinand (not the band:P) was assinated by a member of the Black Hand (a terrorist organization against Austrian Rule.). The guy who assasinated him was named Gavrilo Princip.