Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Causes of WWI

WORLD WAR I was the result of the economic, imperialism and nationalism completions with countries. A major cause for the war was the Assassination of Francis Ferdinand, Duke of Austria-Hungary in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914 by a Serbian. they declared war on Serbia because the assassination of the Arch Duke was the spark that lid the fire.

Another cause of the war was Nationalism. Many ignored nationalism because they thought they would preserve peace. Nationalism unified Italy (1861) and Germany (1871). at the Franco-Prussian the French lost against the Germans and the French wanted revenge . Nationalism was a major problem in Austria-Hungary because they had man national groups and also the Germans supporting the Serbians with the Austrian- Hungarians.
The third cause was Imperialism. Imperialism created rivalry between the European Countries. Great Braitan Germany anf France conpeted for their economic expansion to Africa. Germany involved a war with Great Britain and Germany in North Africa. the Fall of the Ottam Empaire was attracting to the Austian-Hungarians , the Balkans and The Russians.

The Russian Revolution

The Russian Revolution was in 1917. The Russians started the revolution because wanted equal rights now that the country is rapidly growing economically and socially. They had the idea of communism of Karl Marx,but the Czar, Nicholas II didn't want that to happened. The Revolution accrued on February and October. The leader of the revolution was Lenin. Czar Nicholas II involved Russia in WORLD WAR I. The first revolution was when the Bolsheviks ordered Czar Nicholas to leave the throne but he didn't listen so they executed the Czar and his family. Lenin lead the Bolsheviks (the Russians) to revolt against the landlords and factory owners and in October the creation of the Soviet Union was established.