Militarism: The opinions that a country should use its military power to reach the countries goals. Many people and politicians believed that Militarism is the easiest and fastest way to gain control of countries and to achieve its goals which linked to a big cause of WW1.
Alliances: Countries who group up for mutual benefit, pretty much making two or more countries friends. During WW1 some allies were, Austria - Hungary, France - russia, and Triple Alliance -Germany.
Imperialism: When a country takes over a smaller country for more land, power, and control. During WW1 either the country wanted to take over more countries or you would want to leave the control of the bigger country.
Nationalism: Being proud of the country you live in, and is often with the belief that the country is more important that others. Serbs who wanted to greater establish serbia were one of the reasons why WW1 started.
The spark of the war was when Franz Ferdinand and his wife was assassinated by a Serb nationalist in Austro - Hungary in 1914. This sparked the war because, it was viewed as a great excuse to attack Serbia.
Events In Order:
Lusitana - May 7th, 1915: British ocean liner that was sunk by a torpedo shot off by a german U boat.
Sussex Pledge - March 26th, 1916: A promise made by Germany to not to sink merchant ships without assuring the passengers safety.
unrestricted submarine warfare - January 9th, 1917: Sinking ships like tankers and freighters without any warning.
Zimmermann Telegram - January 16th, 1917: A proposal from Germany to Mexico to join the central powers, the telegram was in code.
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