simply because the Archduke was shot by a Serbian terrorist. His assassination set in motion a chain of events that 37 days later would lead to the First World War.
1. The assassination of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Archduke Franz Ferdinand (June 28, 1914). 2. Germany declaring war on France & Russia. 3. The fact that most of the countries were autocracies, meaning the head figure of parliament had say over every political decision.
The outbreak of the First World War in 1914 was due to a combination of causes which were both long-term and short-term: alliances, militarism, imperialism,nationalism, and the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. ... Alliances also helped to spread and escalate the war.
Some of the long term causes are - the arms race between Germany and Britain, the alliances (Triple alliance & triple entente) Some of the short term causes are- the invasion of Belgium by Germany, the French Colonies
Not entirely. Though the assassination of the Arch Duke was a short term cause of the war, many long term causes included economic downturn, rivalries, and entangling alliances would have brought the countries to war regardless of the "sparks" that set off the conflict.
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The two go hand in hand, the assassination was the short term cause of the war. When you look at the war as a whole there were numerous long term causes such as the militarism, building alliances and imperialism of the major European powers of the time. So the was waiting to happen and the assassination of Franz Ferdinand was just the spark that ignited the fire, the war probably would have happened without the assassination but the assassination would not be as well known had it not started the war.
500 years before the assassination of the archduke franz Ferdinand , Serbia had been defeated by the Turks and had lost all independance
The immediate cause of World War 1 was the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria. It led to the invasion of Serbia and subsequent declaration of war by Russia.
1. The assassination of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Archduke Franz Ferdinand (June 28, 1914). 2. Germany declaring war on France & Russia. 3. The fact that most of the countries were autocracies, meaning the head figure of parliament had say over every political decision.
The outbreak of the First World War in 1914 was due to a combination of causes which were both long-term and short-term: alliances, militarism, imperialism,nationalism, and the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. ... Alliances also helped to spread and escalate the war.
The 4 main causes of World War 1 are:militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism.________________________________________The four main long term causes were militarism, secret aliances, imperialism and nationalism. The main short term cause is the assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand (heir to the Austrian throne). He was shot by Gavrilo Pricip after the attempted bombing failed.
Yes it was because the first world war was a caused by many problems that had been brewing for years mainly the alliance system andnationalism in the Balkans caused by Turkish and Austria-Hungarian decline. These were ignited by short term events such as Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand's assassination by the Black hand group.
In 1914 Europe was preparing for war, this meant life was tough because money was being spent on the armies, weapons and fuel for the up coming war. Long term and short term problems had been stockpiling for a while. The spark was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, when he died war boke out.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated which led to the different European alliances declaring war on each other. Extremely Simple!
Such as in WWI the Serbian nationalist shooting Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand. I'm kind of puzzled myself as well mate though :SI think short term causes lead into long term causes.A long term cause in WWII would be Germany's want of taking over the world.A short term cause in WWII would be a man getting shot.Hope this kind of helps :S
No. His name was actually Franz Ferdinand, so it wouldn't really make sense to call him "Fred". But, based on most reports, he wasn't a terribly friendly guy, so you probably wuoldn't give him a nickname... at least not one you'd say to his face.
Short term cause would be something that invoked immediate (or relatively rapid) action. Example: the assassination of Francis Ferdinand instigated WWI. Long term cause would be something that has been around for ages, and finally got to a point where something was done. Example: conflicting ideologies between Soviet Russia and USA led to Cold War.