Causes of WW I

World War I was first known as the Great War. It was named the Great War because of the fact that so many countries had different rolls in this War. The war began in 1914 and lasted till about 1918. There were six major countries in Europe in which took part of this "Great War". These countries were Germany, Italy , Austria-Hungary which were the triple alliance against France, Britain, and Russia which were the triple entente. The were many causes of WWI which included Franz Ferdinand, Collapse of the alliance system, and Militarism.
It all began with the assassination of Franz Ferdinand who was like the president of Austria. Franz Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated on June 28, 1914 by a Serbian nationalist. This sparked a big conflict between Austria-Hungary and Serbia. The Serbians wanted to be self governed like Austria-Hungary. With the death of Franz Ferdinand Austria declared war on Serbia on June 28, 1914 with Germany as an ally.
WWI also caused conflict on Militarism. With the advancing of new weapon technology the different countries suffered more loss of soldiers. With advance weaponry the guns killed off many more opposing troops. Guns such as more advance machine guns. They also had tanks, planes, cannons, etc. With these new modern weapons the percentage of deaths in wars increased.
Another conflict of WWI was the collapse if the triple alliance. Since they had lost so much in the war such as deaths, money and land they did not stay together for long. They blamed Germany for the many conflicts that they had taken into state because of the war. With the lost of the war Austria and Hungary separated into two different countries.