Causes of WWI - Sue Lee B4

By sue9923

  • Fashoda Incident

    Fashoda Incident
    • The British did not want this incident to lead to a major European war, and worked to build peace with France for the next six years. This diplomatic solution to the conflict is considered to be the precursor of the Entente Cordiale.
    • In March of 1899, France yielded its claim to the upper Nile region and accepted part of the Sahara as compensation. The French and British also agreed then that the sources of the Nile and Congo rivers would make the borders of their spheres of influence.

  • Boer War

    Boer War
    • Because the Boer War was the longest, most expensive, and bloodiest conflict during the time period, it paid both human and financial costs of war, affecting Britain’s domestic politics.
    • In Southern Africa, the agrarian society’s demography and quality of life deteriorated. Residents of the region were unable to return to their farms, and many became impoverished.
    • After the war was over, the British army underwent a period of reform to lessen the emphasis placed on mounted units in combat.

  • Anglo-Japanese Alliance

    Anglo-Japanese Alliance
    • The alliance helped Japan in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904, by discouraging France from entering the war on the Russian side, as it was directed against Russian expansionism.
    • The alliance also prompted Japan to enter World War I on the British side, and positive cultural exchanges were made between the two countries later on, including technology and art.

  • Entente Cordiale

    Entente Cordiale
    • The Entente Cordiale was beneficial for both nations because it granted freedom to pursue their own interests in colonizing other countries. In the end, it brought them closer, and while France was able to make Morocco into a protectorate with the support of Great Britain, Great Britain was able to do the same with Egypt.
    • The Entente Cordiale later became a part of the Triple Entente of 1907 among Britain, France, and Russia with the Anglo-Russian Entente and the Franco-Russian Alliance.

  • The First Moroccan Crisis

    The First Moroccan Crisis
    • Even though the Algeciras Conference did solve the First Moroccan Crisis, it only worsened the tension between the Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente in the long term, resulting in World War I.
    • In addition, the crisis is considered to be a reason why the Anglo-Russian Entente was signed, since both the United Kingdom and Russia supported and backed France. Also, Kaiser Wilhem II’s anger and humiliation led to the German involvement in the Second Moroccan Crisis of 1911.

  • Anglo-Russian Entente

    Anglo-Russian Entente
    The Anglo-Russian Entente was a pact n which Britain and Russia settled their colonial disputes in Persia, Afghanistan, and Tibet. It set the spheres of influence of Persia, recognized British power over Afghanistan, and imposed that neither of the two countries could interfere in Tibet’s internal affairs. After the signing of the Anglo-Russian Convention of 1907, Russia began to partake in British military maneuvers. The agreement and Convention led to the formation of the Triple Entente.

  • Bosnian Crisis

    Bosnian Crisis
    The Bosnian Crisis of 1908 to 1909 was the state of international tension caused by the annexation by Austria-Hungary of the Balkan provinces Bosnia and Herzegovina. The crisis was a complicated issue that ended with the assassination of arch duke Franz Ferdinand in 1914. His assassination sparked World War One.