Cause of WWI

World War I was caused by three primary things; Nationalism, Militarism, and the assassination of Franz Fernidad. It seems to have begun with Nationalism, which is an extreme and sometimes irrational love for their country. The citizens disliked people from countries other than their own because of things such has different traditions, religions, and even language, which acted as kindling for the flames of war.

The second reason which was the largest reason out of the three. Due to the increased Nationalism between countries citizens, the men of power in that country became very cautious of other countries. Eventually this Nationalism rose to the generals making even then wary of neighboring countries so they decided to increase their "defenses". These defenses ranged from more soldiers to weapons and even the production of countless battle tanks. These heavily increased "defenses" acted as gas for the kindling, which was already stacked high.

lastly and importantly was the assassination of Franz Ferdinand. Franz was the archduke of Austria-Hungary, a very high person in their government. The assassination itself wasn't the exact cause of hatred, rather it was the location. He was assassinated on Serbian soil, which at the time there was a lot of bad blood between the two countries leaving them on edge of his presence to begin with. His assassination was the definite and clear spark that started the fire of war.