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The Dual Alliance
A political and military pact that developed between Austria- Hungary and The German empire too support each other in case of attack by Russia -
Austro-Serbian Alliance
Austria- Hungary made an alliance with Serbia to stop Russia gaining control of Serbia -
The Triple Alliance
A secret agreement between Geremany, Austria- Hungary and Italy. The treaty provided Germany and Austria- Hungary assistance if France attacked Italy, Italy would assist Germany if attacked by France. In an event of a war bewteen Austria-Hungary and Russia Italy promised to remain neutral. Renewed in 1887 -
Franco-Russian Alliance
Russia formed alliance with France to protect itself against Germany and Austra-Hungary -
Britain's Imperialism
In this time Britain expanded over 5 continents. This was the rise in imperialism that created the competition between Britain and Germany -
Entente Cordiale
A series of agreements signed on 8 April 1904 between the United Kingdom and the French Third Republic.This was an agreement, but not a formal alliance -
The Triple Entente
Britain, Russia, and France agreed not to sign for peace and counterbalanced the the Triple Alliance -
1907 Triple Entente
An alliance between France, Britain, and Russia after the signing of the Anglo-Russian Entente -
Anglo-Russian Entente
This agreement ended a long-standing struggle for power that had gone on at the expense of less-developed regions throughout Central Asia -
Bosnian Crisis
Austria-Hungary took over Bosnia which angered the Serbians who thought that the country was theirs. Serbia threatened Austria-Hungary with war who was allied to Russia. Although war was avoided when Russia backed down. This formed a lot of tension between Austra-Hungary and Serbia -
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
A Serbian nationalist had murdered him in protest to having Austra-Hungary control a region of Bosnia. This led to Austra-Hungary declaring war on Serbia and eventually Germany declaring war on Russia because Russia was allies.
