Empire Building Cause of WWI

 Industrial – Having to do with business or manufacturing  Revolution – a huge change in the way things are done  Industrial Revolution – a change from making things by hand to making them in factories.  This created a need for more resources in European countries for their industries The Industrial Revolution

 Spain, Portugal, France, and England were trying to get as much land and resources for their industries as possible.  They competed against each other. It caused anger and tension between the countries. Empire Building

Portuguese Empire

Spanish Empire

French Empire France had two different empires. The first ( ), was in the Americas. The second ( ), was in Africa and Asia.

British Empire Over Time

 European countries needed to protect their colonies, so they created large standing militaries.  Protecting resources was their #1 goal! Militarism

Assassination of Franz Ferdinand Cause of WWI

Franz Ferdinand  Franz Ferdinand was an archduke of Austria and the royal prince of Hungary.

Assassination of Franz Ferdinand  On Sunday, 28 June 1914, at approximately 10:45 am, Franz Ferdinand and his wife were killed by Gavrilo Princip, 19, a Serbian. Hungary attacked Serbia soon after.

Alliances Cause of WWI

 An alliance is a group of countries who have agreed to join together and fight. Countries formed alliances to protect themselves against the militaries of other countries.  Austria-Hungary attacked Serbia because they believed Serbia was responsible for Franz Ferdinand’s death. Alliances

Austria-Hungary  Germany  Ottoman Empire Serbia  Russia  Great Britian  France Alliances