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CAUSES OF WORLD WAR 1
1.1 WIDE
The 1st Moroccan crisis was a colonial
rivalry. After France expressed her colonial
interests in Morocco,the German Kaiser
visited Tangier to declare his support for the
Sultan of Morocco provoking France
1.4 WIDE
The fight over Bosnia also orchestrated the
WW1 when Austria -Hungary annexed
Bosnia and this created tension and hostility
between Serbia over Bosnia
1.2 WIDE
The second Moroccan crisis(1911)
precipitated when German sent its panther to
Agadir as a sign of its disapproval to French
attempts to take over Morocco.The tension
between Germany and France increased
1.5 WIDE
Militarism was the expansion of armies by
most European countries .This created a lot
of rivalry and tension and it made countries
suspicious of war
1.3 WIDE
The Balkan wars were two sharp conflicts
tat caused WW1.This became a major
source of contention as many European
countries clashed over colonies and military
might resulting in WW1
1.6 WIDE
The arms race was the competion of
production of armaments by European
countries.On each side there was complete
lack of trust in the intentions.It increased
insecurity among nations
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Germany's Weltipolitik foreign policy
centralised at leadership and dominating the
whole world.This policy caused lot of friction
with other European countries
These war plans meant that these countries
had ruled out other peaceful means of
settling disputes except through a war.They
created a sense of war among European
countries
The alliance system turned a war between
two nations to a war throughout an entire
continent.It created a feeling of insecurity

1.10 WIDE

The murder at Sarajevo sparked the war.The

assassination gave Serbia an opportunity to
settle old scores.This triggered a a chain of
events that le directly to WW1