A 16 Marker History Flashcards
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Structure
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- Introduction: Give a brief overview of why the war started and which factors you will write about.
- Paragraph 1: One cause of the war (PEEL)
- Paragraph 2: Second cause of the war (PEEL)
- Paragraph 3: Third cause of the war (PEEL)
- Conclusion: Summarise your ideas here. Overall, which is the biggest factor in the start of the First World War.
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intro
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brief overview:
* assasination
* militarism
* alliances/tensions
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Cause 1
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assasination of Franz Ferdinand
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cause 1 explained
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- 28th of June 1914
- FF visited Sarajevo and was assinated
- by Gavrilo Princip member of Young Bosnia and a Serbian
- Austro-Hungarians blamed Serbia for the assassination and declared war on them
- everyone joined in because of alliances
- FF assasination was the spark
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cause 2
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militarism
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cause 2 explained
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- increase in militarism
- many countries builiding (on) armies and navies
- caused arms race
- within arms race was the naval race between britain and Germany
- created the Dreadnought class of battleships
- because of this Europe was so prepared for war - means it lasted longer
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cause 3
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tensions and alliances
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cause 3 explained
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- tensions high in europe
- countries began to make alliances
- effectively formed 2 sides
- Triple Entente - England, France, Russia
- Triple Alliance - Austria-Hungary, Germany, Italy
- some neutral alliances and some countries in no alliances
- formed in hope for balance and power
- main reasons because made all of Europe involved
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conclusion
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- alliances main cause
- assasination was spark/catalyst
- militaristic views impacted but not main cause
