This act was the event that essentially sparked the beginning of World War I. ... The growth of military forces resulted in an increased danger of war. ... The major European countries controlled colonies all around the world; for example, Britain had the largest empire, with control of nations including Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. ... The last major factor that caused the war was the strong feeling of national pride. ... It is evident that the assassination played a large role in the instigation of the First World War; however, it would only have become such an extreme rivalry due ...

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The origins of World War One, also known as "The Great War", can be traced back to three specific details - the European Alliance system, the growing distrust between various European powers, and the act of an assassin. ... This is exactly what occurred at the beginning of World War One - Germany was allied to Austria-Hungary, whom were also allied to Italy. ... Britain also had a firm control over the nations of its Commonwealth - Australia, Canada, The South African Republic, India, and New Zealand. ... From that incident, Austro-Hungary engineered a war with Serbia, whom Russia was ethnica...

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The origins of World War One, also known as "The Great War", can be traced back to three specific details - the European Alliance system, the growing distrust between various European powers, and the act of an assassin. ... This is exactly what occurred at the beginning of World War One - Germany was allied to Austria-Hungary, whom were also allied to Italy. ... Britain also had a firm control over the nations of its Commonwealth - Australia, Canada, The South African Republic, India, and New Zealand. ... From that incident, Austro-Hungary engineered a war with Serbia, whom Russia was ethnica...

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Others, however, believe that internationalism is a horrible thing because it destroys many communities and provokes many wars between nation-states. ... Many countries like Canada, or the US embraced free trade and benefited tremendously. ... The United Nations (UN) was created after the second world war to insure global security which is one of the most important human needs. ...

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Victory in the aforementioned war meant that Britain was never occupied or defeated like the other six founding countries members. Although Britain had suffered greatly in the Second World War, the people of Britain had not been as directly affected by European differences; so the desire to form a stable Europe was not as urgent as on mainland Europe. ... The white Protestants of Australia, Canada and New Zealand mattered much more to the post imperial British than the European continent, Marr identifies. ... Every British Prime Minister (PM) from World War II onwards has had to make a choice ...

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History Coursework - World War One 1) Sources A, B and C are war recruitment posters published by various governments with the aim of influencing more people to volunteer for armed service in the war. ... The posters themselves being of an accusatory nature, demanding from the reader "What did you do in the war?" ... The initial surge towards war led to mass recruitment as source D suggests, however, recruitment was not equal, the majority being from either South East, or from the North, over 50% coming from these regions over the whole length of the war. ... Surprise attacks were th...

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