The Causes Of World War I

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Term Paper Title	The Causes Of World War I
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The Causes of World War I

The first world war had many causes, the historians
probably have not yet discovered and discussed all of them
so there might be more causes than what we know now. In
this essay I would discuss the main causes of the war—the
ones that were discussed in the textbook. In the time before
the war’s outbreak (before 1914—in the beginning of the
century) the world was separated into big empires that had
colonies around the world (European countries ruled most of
Africa). There were fights and disagreements between the
major empires. Usually, when there are many arguments
between countries, people start fear of war and prepare for
it (for example, today in Israel, after Benjamin Netanyahu
winning the elections, Israel’s policy towards the Arabs and
the Palestinians have changed. There is fear from war with
Syria, because of threats from both sides, so both countries
arm themselves and ready for war, just in case it would
break). In the beginning of the century Britain was the largest
empire in the world, it also had the largest navy. The navy
was so big and strong because the Britons needed to protect
their empire and maintain the sea routes between the
different colonies. The Kaiser William II of Germany hated
and envied Britain for having a stronger navy than his. He
increased the German navy and built many warships. Britain
responded with building more ships and increasing its navy
too. This started a race for building more and better
warships and it created tension and competition between
those two countries. Germany and France were rivals for
centuries and at the beginning of the century and at the end
of the 19th century the rivalry increased. This happened
because of the war between those two countries in 1870-71
when Germany defeated France. Germany took over the
areas of Alsace and Lorraine and the French people wanted
to revenge Germany and retrieve those lands. France could
not start a war against Germany since Germany had more
resources and a stronger army than France. France needed
allies to help it fight (the subject of alliances would be
discussed later). There was another quarrel between France
and Germany—about controlling Morocco. In 1905 France
thought that it should have more influence in the western
Mediterranean Sea area as it already controlled Tunisia and
Algeria, it wanted Morocco too. The Kaiser of Germany
visited Tangier (a big city in Morocco) and said that
Germany wo...

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