CBA Outline Essay

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CBA Outline to Rough Draft “You will be home before the leaves fall from the trees.” - Kaiser Wilhelm II. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was the determining factor of World War One. The Archduke’s death caused the initial fight between Austria and Hungary against Serbia, which inevitably led to World War I. The first key point leading into World War I was the first disagreement and battle between Serbia and Austria-Hungary which later became World War One, also known as The Great War because of the assassination of the Archduke. The article, “The Assassination of the Archduke”, states that the “...‘Great war’ of 1914 to 1918, was triggered when a teenage Serbian revolutionary shot Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the presumptive heir …show more content…

These nationalists believed it would be more beneficial to create an alliance between other Slavs who understood their cultures and traditions rather than Austria-Hungary. Because of this resentment, Austrian officials immediately blamed them for the Archduke's death. Austria made an ultimatum for Serbia with demands, which included the propositions of Serbia getting rid of Anti-Austria Hungary movements and suppressing rebellion against the new alliance, however, the main thing they asked for was to take the shooter of the Archduke to their courthouse for trial. When Serbia disagreed and took the Archduke's murderer into their own government system, Austria-Hungary declared war as they previously promised which evolved from a small to larger scale world war. It was this act of killing the Archduke that began the tensions between Austria and Serbia. Without his death, there could've been a more peaceful resolution to Serbia's disagreement with their alliance. However, angry Austrians mourning his death fought for him, which ended in the dispute between Serbia and Austria-Hungary that was initially known as the Great …show more content…

When the war broke out it began small, but because all countries had alliances such as the Triple Alliance versus the Triple Entente, it forced all the alliances to come together and created a larger scale war than what it initially should have been. According to Norwich University, “These conflicts over alliances — which forced nations to come to the defense of one another — led to the formation of the two sides of World War I, the Allied and Central Powers.” It was because of these alliances that the once small war covered a larger area of the globe and became so destructive. With the introduction of a multitude of alliances, a few small battles forged into one large war; one that would end up affecting the lives of millions. During this time, countries that were under the Triple Entente or Triple Alliance believed that their alliances would show power and fend off the opposing side who may want to fight them. However, once they got to that point, almost all the countries were dragged into it

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