the causes of the first world war.

the causes of the first world war.

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  Causes of theWar.
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  L.O:- To beable to explain and analyse the causes of the First World War Key Words: Militarism Imperialism Alliances Nationalism In today’s lesson we will look at: • What lead to the start of the First World War in 1914 •The countries which were involved in start of the war.
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  Starter Watch the followingclip and make notes on the reasons given for war breaking out. Clip:- http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/clips/z7sw6sg
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  Feedback:-  What 4reasons did the clip give for the outbreak of the war?  Which countries were Germany in an Arms and Naval Race with?
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  Militarism  Kaiser WilhelmII wanted to make Germany a great country again, he wanted to do this by: o Improving his Navy to rival Britain’s which had dominated the seas for over 100 years. o Strengthening his Army to rival those of Russia and France Why would this lead to a war?
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  Alliances  In 1904,Entente Cordiale signed between Britain and France  The Entente Cordiale did not however specifically mention Britain’s involvement in military action.  In 1907, Russia joined the Entente making it a Triple Entente.
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  Alliances  In 1879,Dual Alliance between Germany and Austria- Hungary.  In 1881, Italy joined the alliance which made it a Triple Alliance.
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  Alliances  1839: Treatyof London. Britain and Belgium signed a treaty in which Britain agreed to guard Belgium’s neutrality if war broke out.  This meant that when Germany invaded Belgium in order to attack France, Britain had to act.
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  Imperialism  Britain wasat the helm of a great empire by 1914 with lands in Africa, Canada and India.  France also owned most of West Africa and Germany owned 2 African States.  The Kaiser wanted to expand his country but this couldn’t be done without military action. Why would this be a problem?
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  Nationalism  Nationalism:- Thedesire of independent nations for dominance and prestige.  This meant that countries such as Italy, Germany and Austria-Hungary took great pride in their country and wanted to be the leading power in Europe.
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  28th June 1914 On 28 June 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand was in Sarajevo, inspecting troops.  Sarajevo is part of Bosnia which was under the control of Austria Hungary, but Serbia didn’t like that.  A group of young Bosnian Serbs had planned to kill the Archduke on the way to his royal duties.  One of group tried to kill the Archduke with a bomb but it missed.  The Royal Car then went down its planned route but the driver had not be told of the change in route  The car then stopped to turn around when it stopped near Gavrilo Princip, one of the Bosnian Serbs.
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  The Assassination  Principthen took this opportunity to kill the Archduke.  Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie were both shot and died.  The group of Bosnian Serbs were supplied with the equipment needed to kill the Archduke by a Serbian Terrorist group called the Black Hand.  Austria Hungary blamed Serbia for the death of the heir to their throne.
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  Task:- In your books,explain the factors which lead to the start of the war and explain the factor you think was most important in causing the first world war.  Be able to give some reasons for the start of the war in paragraphs (Level 4)  Be able to identify causes of the war and show links between them (level 5)  Can identify the most important cause with reasoning (Level 6)  Show analysis of the causes in you answer (Level 7)