There were four underlying causes of WWI; the Alliance System, Nationalism, Imperialism, and Militarism. ... There are countries in Europe that were evolving at a faster rate than other countries. ... In the end, everyone was blaming each other for the cause of WWI, but if there wasn't an alliance system then there wouldn't be a World War in the first place (Document 4). ... None of the sides were willing to give up on their countries. ... In summary, the assassination of the Archduke of Austria-Hungary had been the trigger of the Great War (Background Essay), but there were four ma...

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