Causes of WW1

The Great War was the one that is now know as World War 1 or WW1. This war was a war that was waiting to happen. No matter what happened this war was to happen. The cause that started it all was the assassination of Austria-Hungary's Archduke Franz Ferdinand by a Sebian Nationalist. The assassination of the archduke was caused the nationalism. The people that lived in the Austria-Hungary empire were now realizing the fact that they don't speak the same language with their rulers. They only thing that they shared was the land that they lived on and were always fighting over. These countries also started funding their militarys in the previous years because of the anticipation. This was one war that could not be prevented because it was one that all the nations of Europe saw coming. This war also created new countries. It also caused promises between the natoins to be broken. This was the collapse of the alliance system. This war caused the people of all the nations they belonged to felt pride in the fact that their country was the dominate one.