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The European Origins of World War I
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The purpose of this section is
to provide some background for American students on the events in
Europe that led to WWI. The student will not be responsible for
knowing details of all the individual crises prior to 1914; however,
the student should be familiar with the alliance systems, which are
listed as one of the long-term causes of World War I.
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1866
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Germany
unifies as one nation
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1870-71
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Germany
defeats France in the Franco-Prussian War
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1878
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Treaty of San Stefano ends Russo-Turkish
War. |
1879
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Dual Alliance between Germany
and Austria-Hungary |
1882
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Italy signs secret treaty
with Austria-Hungary and Germany (1882)--completes Triple Alliance |
1894
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Dual Alliance between Russia
and France |
1904
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Entente Cordiale between
Britain and France |
1905-06
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First Moroccan Crisis
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1905
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First Russian Revolution (1905)
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1907
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Anglo-Russian
Entente completes Triple Entente
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1907-1908
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First Bosnian Crisis (1907-08)
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1908-09
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Revolution of "Young Turks" in
Ottoman
empire (1908-09) |
1911
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Second Moroccan Crisis (a.k.a.
Agadir
Crisis), 1911 |
1912-1913
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The Balkan Wars (1912-1913)
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May 1914
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The Balkan Crisis
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June 28, 1914
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Assasination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
(June
28, 1914) |