1. Causes of WWI

2. Causes of WWI - MAIN
Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism

3. 1910-1914 Increase in Defense Expenditures
Militarism
When a nation’s armed forces come to dominate a country’s national policy
It is also a glorification of the military and war itself
Increase in Defense Expenditures
France
10%
Britain
13%
Russia
39%
Germany
73%

4. Alliances
Signed treaties in which each nation involved pledges to defend the other if attacked by an aggressor
Basically, countries agreed to help each other

6. Alliances Triple Entente: Triple Alliance: Great Britain Germany
Austria-Hungary
France
Russia
Italy

7. Imperialism
Domination by one country over the political, economic, or cultural life of another country or region
Due to the Industrial Revolution of the 1800s, some European nations had a large portion of the world under their control

8. Imperialism and Colonial Rivalries
After 1870, the European nations began to acquire colonies in Asia, Africa and the Pacific
Colonial rivalry led to:
strained relations among the European powers. In Africa, all the European powers except Austria and Russia had colonies there. Thus there were many clashes among France, Britain, Germany and Italy.
the formation and strengthening of alliances and ententes. (indirectly)
an intensification of the arms race.
much hostility among the powers.

11. The “Spark” The “spark” that started WWI
On June 28, 1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austria Hungarian Throne was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip, a Serbian nationalist who believed that Bosnia should belong to Serbia

12. Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Duchess Sophie at Sarajevo, Bosnia, on June 28, 1914

13. Gavrilo Princip after his assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand

16. The Point of No Return
Austria blamed Serbia for Ferdinand’s death and declared war on Serbia.
Germany pledged their support for Austria -Hungary.
Russia pledged their support for Serbia.

17. Germany declares war on Russia
France pledges their support for Russia
Germany declares war on France
Germany invades Belgium on the way to France
Great Britain supports Belgium and declares war on Germany

18. Allied Powers:
Central Powers:
Germany
Great Britain
World War I
Austria-Hungary
France
Ottoman Empire
Russia
Italy