The 4 main causes of WWI were (M.A.I.N)
Militarism
During this time many nations believed in strong governments, because of this Germany at that time had the strongest military but Great Britain had the strongest Navy so Germany decided to compete with them. Eventually other nations began joining the navel arms race.
Alliances
The first alliances consisted of the Triple alliance which and the Triple entente these allowed a measure of international security because nations had been reluctant to distribute power. This dragged nation after nation into a war that could have been avoided.
Imperialism
European nations had been building empires and spreading, this made nations compete for instance as Germany industrialized they competed with France and Great Britain in contest for colonies.
Nationalism
During the 19th century much of the world were very devoted to their nations. Because of nationalism Russia and Austria-Hungary had become rivals because they both wanted influence over Serbia.
What had set all of these off was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by a Syrian nationalist an this was the final strike that started The Great war or World War I.
Militarism
During this time many nations believed in strong governments, because of this Germany at that time had the strongest military but Great Britain had the strongest Navy so Germany decided to compete with them. Eventually other nations began joining the navel arms race.
Alliances
The first alliances consisted of the Triple alliance which and the Triple entente these allowed a measure of international security because nations had been reluctant to distribute power. This dragged nation after nation into a war that could have been avoided.
Imperialism
European nations had been building empires and spreading, this made nations compete for instance as Germany industrialized they competed with France and Great Britain in contest for colonies.
Nationalism
During the 19th century much of the world were very devoted to their nations. Because of nationalism Russia and Austria-Hungary had become rivals because they both wanted influence over Serbia.
What had set all of these off was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by a Syrian nationalist an this was the final strike that started The Great war or World War I.