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People were fighting for freedom from the tyrannical french royalty, and were inspired by the american revolution that occurred only a few years prior
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Napoleon makes himself consul of France
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Napoleon crowns himself emperor of France
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Napoleon told his soldiers that if they fought and won this battle, they would gain everlasting glory and prestige. the soldiers fought for the glory promised to them by Napoleon , and Napoleon was fighting to keep the power he has, and gain even more power
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napoleon gets kicked out of France and stops being emperor
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King Leopold of Belgium barges into the Congo and starts taking over, and starts enslaving the Congolese
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King Leopold lets Congo be a Belgian colony instead of his personal property
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The people of Israel are fighting to get a home land so that they can have some representation on the world stage, since they are the minority everywhere else.
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The Congolese are fighting for freedom from the tyrannical rule of king Leopold, and trying to free themselves and their loved ones from the horrible conditions they were put under as a Belgian colony
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Congo officially becomes a country that is recognized by the rest of the world
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The black hand was fighting to reclaim their land from Austria-Hungary, and return to being an independent country
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Archduke of Austria-Hungary, Franz Ferdinand, is shot by assassins sent by the Serbian secret organization, the Black Hand. The Serbians fought for their freedom from Austria-Hungary, who had been oppressing Serbia and it's people for a while
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated and plunges Europe into world war 1
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The Costa Rican people are fighting for peace and comfort in their day to day lives by dissolving their military, which had historically been corrupted and used to control people
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Costa Rica no longer has a military, but can make one if they really need to
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Israel is officially recognized as a country by the rest of the world
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The first shots between Houthi and Yemeni government were fired.
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The people of Yemen are fighting for basic human rights, such food, water, and shelter, as well as safety from the raging civil war