What are causes of World War 1?

Question

How did fighting start?
How did Canadians involve?

Answer 1

The fighting started when Austria's Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated by a Serbian terrorist. This gave Austria an excuse to invade in response. But because most of the countries in Europe had "Mutual Defence" pacts with other nations, this triggered a dominoe effect of other countries declaring war in support of their Ally. Eventually almost all of Europe was at war.

Canada during this time was still under British rule and as a result they were pulled in as soon as the British declared war.

Answer 2

Causes would be the following: militarism, rigid alliances, imperialism, and extreme nationalism. Militarism was running rampant as neighboring countries were building up armaments and diplomacy was overshadowed by weapons. These armaments only added to deep-rooted rivalries (Alsace Lorraine, religion, past wars) between countries and so they begin making military packs (ie if you get attacked I'll have your back, etc). There was also a lot of aggression over land in Africa, Asia, and South America. As far as Europe was concerned, these places were up for grabs and every country was scrambling to get a piece of the action. Finally, extreme nationalism is a very dangerous trait. Basically every country was thinking they were better, stronger, more powerful than the others. There was a lot of tension and all they needed was an excuse to go to war.
The spark came on June 28, 1914 when Gavrillo Princip assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary. Austria was alligned with Germany, a powerful ally, so they decided to set a very strict ultimatum for Serbia. July 28 Austria declared war on Serbia. August 1, Germany declares war on Russia, August 3 Germany declares war on France, August 4 Germany attacks Belgium (all a part of the Schlieffen Plan, which failed miserably). August 4, Britain declares war on Germany for attacking a neutral country (Belgium), Russia mobilizes troops to defend Serbia and their borders, and WWI begins.
Canadians were a part of the Allied Forces because they were still a part of the British empire.

Answer 3

With the rise of European imperalism and colonialism ,the European powers raised their militaristic enterprises and rise of armaments and increasing alliances ,it all came to an explosion on June 28,1914 when Archduke Francis Ferdinand andhis wife were assassinated by the Serbian Gavrilo Princip in a car explosion being on their way to try to keep the peace. With alliances of Germany and Austria-Hungary and Italy(which was broken in 1915)and Serbia with Russia and Russia with England and France due to monarchical relatives of Queen Victoria occupying the Russian throne in the person of Czarina Alexandria. With Canada being part of the English Commonwealth they would come to the aid of their English allies.

Answer 4

Long term causes...
1)nationalism....The french were bitter over their defeat in the franco-prussian war. Russia had pan-slavism. As the largest slavic country russia felt they had a duty to lead and defend all slavs...Tensions started increasing....
2)Imperialsim this divided the nations who were competing for colonies.
3) Militirism- with tensions on the rise the countires icreased their military and arms.
4) alliances. Distrist led countries to sign treaties pledging to defend one another.
Short term cause: The assasination of the archduke of austria hungary in sarajevo by the serbians

Answer 5

ww1 was caused just like any war is caused over greed and the pursuit of power