1. Empire Building Cause of WWI

2.  Industrial – Having to do with business or manufacturing  Revolution – a huge change in the way things are done  Industrial Revolution – a change from making things by hand to making them in factories.  This created a need for more resources in European countries for their industries. 1760-1840 The Industrial Revolution

3.  Spain, Portugal, France, and England were trying to get as much land and resources for their industries as possible.  They competed against each other. It caused anger and tension between the countries. Empire Building

4. Portuguese Empire

5. Spanish Empire

6. French Empire France had two different empires. The first (1608- 1803), was in the Americas. The second (1830- 1960), was in Africa and Asia.

7. British Empire Over Time

8.  European countries needed to protect their colonies, so they created large standing militaries.  Protecting resources was their #1 goal! Militarism

9. Assassination of Franz Ferdinand Cause of WWI

10. Franz Ferdinand  Franz Ferdinand was an archduke of Austria and the royal prince of Hungary.

11. Assassination of Franz Ferdinand  On Sunday, 28 June 1914, at approximately 10:45 am, Franz Ferdinand and his wife were killed by Gavrilo Princip, 19, a Serbian. Hungary attacked Serbia soon after.

12. Alliances Cause of WWI

13.  An alliance is a group of countries who have agreed to join together and fight. Countries formed alliances to protect themselves against the militaries of other countries.  Austria-Hungary attacked Serbia because they believed Serbia was responsible for Franz Ferdinand’s death. Alliances

14. Austria-Hungary  Germany  Ottoman Empire Serbia  Russia  Great Britian  France Alliances