1. Which is the most influential?
Nationalism
Alliances
Causes of WWI
Which is the most influential?
Imperialism
Militarism
Assassination

2. Nationalism The Pickelhaube: a symbol of Prussian/German Unity
Flags of the British Empire - what do you notice?
Otto von Bismarck, Unified Germany under Prussian rule

5. Imperialism The sun never sets on the British Empire...
Compare the two views of the British Empire

6. Alliances
What do you think some of the effects of alliances would be?

7. Militarism
We have conquered for ourselves a place in the sun. It will now be my task to see to it that this place in the sun shall remain our undisputed possession, in order that the sun's rays may fall fruitfully upon our activity and trade in foreign parts... The more Germans go out upon the waters, whether it be in journeys across the ocean, or in the service of the battle flag, so much the better it will be for us.
A speech by Kaiser Wilhelm to the North German Regatta Association, 1901.
The HMS Dreadnought, 1906

8. The Assassination
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife in Sarajevo, moments before the assassination by Gavrilo Princip of the Black Hand, a Serbian terrorist group who wanted Bosnia to be part of Serbia and free from Austro-Hungarian rule

9. The Domino Effect June 28 Assassination at Sarajevo August 3 July 23
Austria sends ultimatum to Serbia
July 25
Serbia rejects Austria’s demands
July 28
Austria invades Serbia
July 29
Russia mobilizes along borders with Germany and Austria
August 3
France mobilizes to assist Russia
August 4
Germany invades Belgium (neutral) to attack France
August 5
Britain declares war on Germany, Canada and all colonies are at war also.

10. Which cause is the most influential?