Ultimately, the larger battles that came along with alliances worked in hand to help rapidly increase the spread of militarism. Countries became influenced by each other, soon seeking out greater weapons such as machine guns and tanks. Nations that didn’t already have a great amount of weapons wanted to grow their stock, and nations that did have a great amount wanted to put them to use. In 1890, Germany annexed a total expenditure of twenty million euros. In 1914, this number grew by a wide margin, totaling out to nearly 120 million euros (DBQ, 317). Generally the same statistics can be shown for nations such as Russia, France, Italy, Austria-Hungary and Great Britain. As the war came to a start, the nations included in alliances of battling
On Friday night, the annual Ely TIgers vs. DIllard Panthers football game was played. On the last play of the 4th quarter, Donnell Wilson made a touchdown pass that won the game. Although some say that the catch was not that great, I think it was due to the fact that he passed his defensive back, leaped to make the catch,and scored the winning touchdown. Part of what made this a great catch was Donnell leaping into the air to catch it. “Wilson made a leaping catch and landed safely in the end-zone capping an improbable come from behind win for the Tigers.”
I believe the impetus behind the exploration and colonization in the era of European exploration was for multiple different incentives for example, wealth, religion, and fame. Moreover, wealth and power were obtained through trading goods, valuables, gold, silver, lands, and colonies. In addition, looking for the Northwest Passage to Asia and fur trading were critical factors that defined the wealth aspect. Also, converting Native Americans to Roman Catholicism played a significant role in the expansion of colonies. Furthermore, the English came to America in search for freedom of religion.
War broke out in 1914 due to forces that had been building up in Europe for years. While the Allies blamed Germany for the war too harshly, its actions certainly did directly contribute to World War I, as did those of Austria Hungary. However, each country involved fostered militarism in their country, and became in entrenched in the web of alliances and race for imperial power, all causes of the environment that led to the Great War. Therefore, it could be said that all European countries were responsible, in part, for World War I, as reflected in Documents 5, 6, and 7.
Germany also took rather outrageous measures to defend their fellow ally. As displayed in the chart of per capita expenditures of the Great Powers on armaments, growth of Germany’s military spending far surpassed that of other nations by a whopping 540%, or increasing by almost seven U.S. dollars in the years leading up to the war (Document 1). Such an increase on military spending raised suspicion that war would be initiated among the European powers. As tensions escalated, these excessive actions taken by the Central Powers would transform Serbia’s revolution
Were the Ojibwe after Confederation were they united or divided? Ramjot 8A Many groups were not unified after Confederation and I believe the Ojibwa was one of those groups that were divided instead of united. First of all, the French gave them alcohol in exchange for furs and got them into bad drinking habits, which also affected their health in bad ways.
Connor Larson & Lucas Turnis Mrs. Ross AP European History 25 April 2023 Causes of World War I Prior to World War I, a power struggle between the Ottoman Empire and Russia spiraled into involving Britain and France: the Crimean War. The conditions set for a major shift in power caused by Italian and German unification. This unification brought many new leaders of great power such as Victor Emmanuel II and Otto Von Bismarck. With newfound land, power, and wealth, Bismarck felt invincible and began to seek war and form alliances.
The allies were Russia, France, and Great Britain (Doc A). The control power countries are Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, Turkey. In 1915 Italy switched sides, hurting France and Russia. The countries started pointing fingers for war. Another underlying cause is militarism.
Large alliances formed, such as the triple entre (France, the UK, and Russia) and the central powers (Austria-Hungary, German Empire, and Italy) The alliances gave military support to each member, but would also drag all the countries in one alliance to war if war was only declared on one nation (http://europeanhistory.about.com/od/worldwar1/a/World-War-One-The-Major-Alliances.htm). During the July crisis, the Austria-Hungarian empire asked if Germany would help them in the war against Serbia. Germany replied back and said they’d give them full support. Austria started to mobilize their army against Serbia, and since Russia was allied with Serbia.
and then Great Britain, Russia, and France formed the Allies. Because of all of these countries going into war, there has been a lot of competition
Militarism is the policy in which a country glorifies its military power by having an army prepared at any time. This militarism also came from nationalism, or extreme patriotism, within countries. According to document C, a graph adapted from The London Times History of The World, shows the amount of money (pounds) that went towards the production of armaments from 1890 to the start of the war (1914). It also shows how the armaments increase among the navy and army within certain countries that were involved in the start of the war. Every country was recorded to have an increase in currency that fueled the production of weaponry.
It was and arms race in the 1900’s. The country with the superior weapons, had the superior advantage in war. Because britain had a large navy, germany wanted large navy too The expenses of the arms race fell on civilian populations in form of high taxes .In Document 7 “The Growth in Armaments” illustrates the growth of the costs of the military over 1890- 1914.
In 1900 Germany passed a Navy Law which doubled the German battle fleet.” (World War 1 - Militarism) This indicates that Germany was increasing its military capabilities by spending heavily on shipbuilding. This matters because the arms race that took place prior to World War I was significantly influenced by Germany's spending on its military technologies. It demonstrates how Germany was using its technology to strengthen its military and show its
After separating from Britain the founding fathers formed the Articles of Confederation. The Articles of Confederation and its ideas ended up being a disaster in the founders picture of a functioning government. With no right to tax citizens the national and state governments they could not raise money. This caused serious civil unrest an led to the drafting of the constitution in 1781. The constitution brought about many important changes, with the most influential on politics being checks and balances.
Document A ‘‘European Alliances, 1914’’ shows us the different types of alliances that nations had with each other. Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy were known as the Triple Alliance. There was also the Triple Entente, an alliance between France, Great Britain and Russia. Alliances helped cause the war because nations would be against each other and they would also want to be dominant. Although there were many reasons that caused World War I, Militarism, Imperialism, and Allies were the main factors.
The growth in the armies and navies of all the large empires gave them the resources to go to war. According to alphahistory.com “ Militarism is a philoshophy or system that places great importance on military power”. From 1908-1930 Germany led military spending with $1.994 billion. Great Britain was second with $1.9925 billion. Russia spent $1.7255 billion and France $1.6499 billion.