The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and World War I

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of many causes of World War 1. Through the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, who was the heir to the throne of the Austro- Hungarian Empire. Numerous oppressed Slavic groups in the Austro- Hungarian Empire wanted to form independent nation states, resulting in nationalist movements erupting across the Slavic territories. Following the death of Archduke Ferdinand by Serbian terrorists, which angered Austria- Hungary and resulted in them presenting to Serbia an impossible ultimatum. After the assassination Austria- Hungary declared war on Serbia. Soon Europe, and much of the world, spiralled into war as one country after another, enmeshed in a web of previously established alliances, took sides: either with the Triple Alliance (Germany, Austria- Hungary and their allies) or the Triple Entente (France, Britain, Russia and others, including, eventually, the United States.) The alliance system is when countries join forces or worked together to achieve a certain goal. The reason that they ...

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