HIS 102 1st Edition Lecture 27 Outline of Last Lecture I Late 19th century Nationalism II Second industrial revolution III Late 19th century imperialism IV Science and theories of conquest Outline of Current Lecture I The so what question why is the great war important A A heavy price for all involved in the war winners and losers 1 British are the winners get more land as reparations BUT went into debt 2 France submits to Germany II The trigger murder in Sarajevo A Short term causes 1 Murder of Franz Ferdinand heir to throne of Austria June 28th 1914 i Leads to July crisis Austria makes demands on Serbia who refuse Austria declares war on Serbia 2 Bosnia is a territory of Austria 3 Serbian holiday Bosnia wanted to be independent and unite with Serbia because the majority of people in Bosnia were Serbians 4 Gavrillo Princip was the assassin III Wider background context and setting A Unifications of Italy and Germany upsets old balance of power B Nationalism creates the idea of the OTHER IV Diplomatic developments A The origins of the alliance system 1 Triple alliance 1882 Germany Austria Hungary Italy 2 Secret treaty between Germany and Russia 3 Treaty system developed by Otto von Bismarck convinced Kaiser to do this in order to isolate France to make it a weak country B 1888 Wilhelm I dies succeeded by son who dies of terminal cancer a couple of months later C William II eases Bismarck out Bismarck s system falls apart advisors tell William II not to continue treaty with Russia leads to Russia and France talking to each other leading to a treaty between France and Russia A treaty between France These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute V VI VII and Russia concerns Germany because it could lead to a two front war growing tension between British Saxe Coburg Gothe and Germans Anglo German naval rivalry A Admiral Tirpitz 1 Announce German naval building project i This is threatening to the British 2 Germans think that the British are declining i British react forcefully ii British start building a new battleship dreadnoughts iii Start laying out groundwork for when war comes iv Germans start building dreadnoughts 3 All great European powers start building dreadnoughts naval arms race 4 Leads to alliance between British and French Flashpoints conflicts of rivalry over colonies that almost spark war between European states A Morocco 1905 country in Northwest Africa i 1905 French send troops into Morocco ii Germans react by sending gunboat there challenge to French iii The only thing keeping them from going to war is their alliance systems fosters hostility B Bosnia 1908 had been occupied by Austria 1878 prior to this Ottomans i Background by 1907 Triple alliance and triple entente France Britain Russia are in place ii After being declared by Austria Russians ready to go to war with Austria Final Acts Balkan Wars 1912 13 A Balkan Wars set the stage to WWI 1 1st Balkan War Serbs Bulgarians Greeks Montenegro form Balkan league and drive Ottoman s out of Europe 2 2nd Balkan War between all the countries arguing over who gets the territory they ve just obtained Austria becomes obsessed with Serbia i Austria thinks they ll teach a lesson to all the countries
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