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Origins of the First World War — Chapter Overview
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- Origins of WWI
- Long-Term Causes
- Economic Rivalry
- Anglo-German Competition
- British Decline Relative
- German Industrial Rise
- Alliance System
- Triple Alliance 1882
- Germany
- Austria-Hungary
- Italy
- Triple Entente 1907
- France
- Russia
- Britain
- Triple Alliance 1882
- Arms Race
- Naval Race from 1897
- Schlieffen Plan 1904
- Tirpitz and Fleet Expansion
- Nationalism
- Pan-Slavism Russia
- Revanche France
- Pan-Germanism
- Economic Rivalry
- Short-Term Causes
- Balkan Crises
- Bosnia Annexation 1908
- First Balkan War 1912
- Second Balkan War 1913
- Moroccan Crises
- First Crisis 1905 to 1906
- Second Crisis 1911
- July Crisis 1914
- Assassination Sarajevo
- Blank Cheque Germany
- Austrian Ultimatum
- Mass Declarations of War
- Balkan Crises
- Key Powers
- Germany
- Kaiser Wilhelm II
- Bethmann-Hollweg
- Tirpitz and Moltke
- Austria-Hungary
- Franz Joseph
- Conrad
- Berchtold
- Russia
- Tsar Nicholas II
- Pan-Slav Policy
- Britain
- Grey
- Naval Supremacy
- France
- Revanche
- Franco-Russian Alliance
- Germany
- Historiography
- Fischer
- Germany Planned War
- Sonderweg Thesis
- Clark
- Sleepwalkers
- Shared Responsibility
- Sheffield and Herwig
- Germany Austria Primary Blame
- Otte
- Leaders Had Free Choice
- Fischer
- Long-Term Causes
Key Events Leading to WWI (1870-1914)
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- 1871
- German Unification
- 1879
- German-Austrian Treaty
- 1882
- Triple Alliance formed
- 1890
- Reinsurance Treaty lapses
- 1891
- Franco-Russian Entente
- 1893
- Franco-Russian Alliance
- 1897
- Naval Race begins
- 1902
- Anglo-Japanese Alliance
- 1903
- Serbian regime change
- 1904
- Entente Cordiale (Britain-France)
- 1904-1905
- Russo-Japanese War
- 1905-1906
- First Moroccan Crisis
- 1907
- Triple Entente completed
- 1908
- Bosnia-Herzegovina annexation
- 1911
- Second Moroccan Crisis
- 1912
- Potsdam War Council, First Balkan War
- 1913
- Second Balkan War
- 1914
- Sarajevo assassination, July Crisis, August war declarations
Timeline of Major Events Leading to World War I
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- 1871
- German Unification
- 1879
- Austro-German Treaty
- 1882
- Triple Alliance formed
- 1890
- Reinsurance Treaty with Russia lapses
- 1891
- Franco-Russian Entente
- 1893
- Franco-Russian Military Alliance
- 1897
- German Naval Expansion Begins
- 1904
- Anglo-French Entente Cordiale
- 1905-06
- First Moroccan Crisis
- 1907
- Anglo-Russian Entente - Triple Entente Complete
- 1908
- Bosnia-Herzegovina Annexation
- 1911
- Second Moroccan Crisis
- 1912
- Potsdam War Council
- 1912
- First Balkan War
- 1913
- Second Balkan War
- 1914
- June 28 - Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
- 1914
- July Crisis and Declarations of War
Origins of the First World War
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- Origins of the First World War
- Long-term causes
- Economic rivalry
- Alliance system
- Naval race
- Balkan instability
- Moroccan crises
- Potsdam War Council
- July Crisis
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What are the important topics in The origins of the First World War for ICSE Class 12 History?
Key topics in The origins of the First World War include Long-term background causes, Alliance blocs and diplomatic tensions, The arms race and naval expansion, Crisis points before 1914. Study these first, then practise questions on each for the ICSE Class 12 board exam.
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The 4 maps show how the ideas in The origins of the First World War connect: Origins of the First World War — Chapter Overview; Key Events Leading to WWI (1870-1914). Each map is also written out as an outline on this page.
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