Essay Writing Task

Assess the relative importance of Germany and Austria-Hungary in causing the

First World War. Explain your answer with reference to the historical facts during
1900-1917.
1. Analyze the essay question by CCS

Command:

Context:

Skills:

2. Read the following article about how to tackle “relative

importance”
 3. Activate your mind by listing facts related to the question.
Knowledge/historical facts related to the question:

4. Organize your ideas

Comparable Germany Austria- Evaluation
item Hungary
Created a tense started the all sys Joined the Ger > A-Hung
situation that (TA) and turned alliance system in starting
paved way for alliance sys into and turned alliance
the WWI aggressive and alliance sys into system which
rigid and thus aggressive and paved way for
paved way for rigid and thus WWI
WWI paved way for
(e.g. explain) WWI Ger started the
(e.g Explain) alliance system
Colonial conflict (w/o Germany
with br and fr initiatives,
worsened relations Created tension alliance system
among powers that in the Balkans would not have
paved way for paved way started, A-H
WWI (eg Kruger for WWI only a follower
Telegram, 2 (eg to invade not the master
Moroccan Crises ) Bosnia, to create mind)
-> worsened their an independent
relations naval Albania -> Ger > A-H in
race with Br-> angered Serbia making
worsened relations alliance rigid
which paved
way for WWI
A-H : only
limited support
to Ger in
Morocco Crisis
Ger could
not get Morocco
Ger: great
support to A-H
in Bosnian
Crisi A-H
annexed
Bosnia-
Herzegovina
successfully
repeated this
 successful in the
future.

Ger> A-H in
creating tension
that paved way
for WWI
(e.g. Armament
race with Br,
colonized
African places)
A-H: limited
impact as less
active in
armament race
and colonial
expansion

Led to the gave blank Austria- Ger > A-H

outbreak of cheque to Hungary
WWI Austria Hungary declares war on
-> A-H became Serbia
confident and
dared to start war The ultimatum
against Serbia sent by Austria-
Sent harsh Hungary was
ultimatum to very harsh that
Serbia and she was sure that
declared war on it would be
Serbia rejected by
Serbia excuse
to start war
Enlarged war ● sent she asked Ger > A-H in
scale ultimatum Germany for turning a local
and help, receiving war into
declared her global war
war on unconditional
Russia and support. This led
fr Germany to
have an excuse
● Dragged br to declared war
into war - on the others.
Ger invaded
Belgium ->
a general
war in
Europe
● Ger
dragged
USA into
war (Ger’s
agitation -
telegram to
Mexico,
unrestricted
submarine
policy ->
attacked
Lusanitia
and killed
Americans