WW1 causes

WW1 Causes
 The four main causes of the war are

     Militarism- The belief or desire of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military capability. This lead to WW1 because it caused conflict between countries. 

       Alliances-a. A close association of nations or other groups, formed to advance common interests or causes. This lead to WW1 Because so many people were in tangled alliances when two sides such as austria hungary who declared war on bosnia, all the other European countries were sucked in. 

        Imperialism- a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force. This was important because European nations ruled smaller countries, called colonies, and competed with each other to amass more colonies. Which caused chaos. 

          Nationalism- spirit or aspirations common to the whole of a nation. This was important because each nation thought their country was the best and thought it was all about themselves. 

The start of the war began on July 28, 1914, when Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. The war was cause by the terriost attack on Austria's Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie. 

    Lusitania- a British luxury liner sunk by a German submarine in the North Atlantic on May 7, 1915
          Sussex pledge was a promise made in 1916 during World War I by Germany to the United States prior to the latter's entry into the war.

       Zimmerman note- A coded message written by German foreign secretary Arthur Zimmerman and sent to Mexican president Venustiano Carranza on January 16, 1917
       unrestricted sub warfare- is a type of naval warfare in which submarines sink merchant ships without warning, as opposed to attacks per prize rules. In 1917