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Road to WWI
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Triple Alliance was formed
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Triple Entente was formed
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Balkan Crisis (1908-1913) - Austria-Hungary and Russia fought to influnce one another
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European states were angry with one another and eager for revenge
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Franz Ferdidand vistied Bosnia and was assissinated
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Serbia was determined to creat a large, independent Slavic state in the Balkans
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Austria sent Serbia an ulimatum, but Serbia rejected
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Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia
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Czar Nicholass II ordered partial mobilization of the Russian army against Austria-Hungary
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Germany declared war on Russia
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Germany declared war on France
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Great Britain declared war on Germany and WWi began
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Ireland became independent
