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Creation of Dual Alliance
The dual alliance was an defensive alliance between Germany and Hungary. It was created by Germany's Otto Van Bismarck in an effort to try to limit war. -
Creation of the Triple Alliance
The triple alliance was when Germany and Austria-Hungary made an alliance with Italy to prevent Italy from siding with Russia. Triple Alliance: a union or association between three powers or states, in this case between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy -
Rise of Kaiser Wilhelm II
The rise of Wilhelm II followed the resignation of Germany's current leader, Bismarck, and Germany's treaty with Russia expired. -
Rise of Militarism
Militarism: when the army and military forces are given a high profile by the government -
Alliance of Russian and France
The Franco-Russian Alliance was a military alliance between the French Third Republic and the Russian Empire that ran from 1892 to 1917. France remained the main ally of Russian until 1917. Alliance System: a group of nations and/or people that worked together to attack an enemy nation -
Conflicts of Germany and France over Morocco
Kaiser WIlhelm arrived in Morocco to win over the supprot of the Moroccan Sultan. There was no major interest in Morocco for Kaiser Wilhelm or the German government, but they wanted to interrupt the French entente that had recently formed. Imperialism: a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force -
Creation of the Triple Entente
The triple entente was the name given to the alliance between France, Russia, and Great Britain. France and Russia were already allies and Great Britain joined them to form the triple entente. Triple Entente: an early-20th-century alliance between Great Britain, France, and Russia. -
Austria annexing Bosnia and Herzegovina
Austria-Hungary announced it's annexation of Bosnia-Herzegovina, formerly controlled by the Ottoman Empire, Annexation: the action of adding something as an extra part or piece -
The Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
Austria-Hungarian police arrested the assassin before he could kill himself as planned. The assassin was a Serbian nationalist named Gavrilo Princip, one of six in a group of Sarajevo assassins in their group. All of the assassins were eventually captured and arressted except for one that escaped to Montenegro. Nationalism: an extreme form of patriotic feeling, principles, and efforts -
The First Declaration of War
This was the first day of World War I when Austria-Hungary delcared war on Serbia. From there, it was just a chain reaction where different countries were all declaring war on each other until most of Europe was involved.
