https://padlet.com/kadilorenzo1/excp76k1wbgg en-us 2017-03-29 11:53:28 UTC 2025-12-03 13:56:13 UTC hello@padlet.com kadilorenzo1 https://padlet.com/kadilorenzo1/excp76k1wbgg/wish/163383783 In June, King Ferdinand and his wife were visiting Sarajevo in and open car when 19-year-old Gavrilo Princip shot them. "The Archduke and his wife were shot at point-black range" (Root cause of WWI)]]> 2017-03-29 11:53:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kadilorenzo1/excp76k1wbgg/wish/163383783 kadilorenzo1 https://padlet.com/kadilorenzo1/excp76k1wbgg/wish/163384549 The assassin of the Archduke and his wife was a Serbian, so Austria decided to use this against Serbia as a punishment. Austria presented Serbia with many demands. If Serbia did not follow through with the demands then they would go to war with Austria. "Therefore the Serbian leaders agreed to most of Austria's demands. They offered to have several others settled by an international conference" (Root cause of WWI) ]]> 2017-03-29 11:56:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kadilorenzo1/excp76k1wbgg/wish/163384549 kadilorenzo1 https://padlet.com/kadilorenzo1/excp76k1wbgg/wish/163389670 On July 18th, 1914 Austria rejected Serbia's offer and declared war. Europe was starting to collapse in armed conflicts as more European leaders were becoming aware. "Austria declared war on Serbia, and Serbia's ally Russia mobilized their army to come to Serbia's aid" (Document 1) ]]> 2017-03-29 12:17:50 UTC https://padlet.com/kadilorenzo1/excp76k1wbgg/wish/163389670 kadilorenzo1 https://padlet.com/kadilorenzo1/excp76k1wbgg/wish/163390738 Austria declaring war on Serbia was the start of war. Russia then declared war on Austria-hungry, Germany declares war on Russia and France and Great-Britain entered neutral Belgium. " Within a week, Russia, Belgium, France, Great Britain and Serbia had lined up against Austria-Hungary and Germany, and World War I had begun" (History.com)]]> 2017-03-29 12:21:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kadilorenzo1/excp76k1wbgg/wish/163390738 kadilorenzo1 https://padlet.com/kadilorenzo1/excp76k1wbgg/wish/163473387 Some people may say that the alliance systems were the reason for the war starting because of their constant rivalries but the alliance systems were created seven years before the death of Ferdinand and did not cause a lot of huge events like an assassination. ]]> 2017-03-29 16:18:11 UTC https://padlet.com/kadilorenzo1/excp76k1wbgg/wish/163473387 kadilorenzo1 https://padlet.com/kadilorenzo1/excp76k1wbgg/wish/163475868 2017-03-29 16:25:11 UTC https://padlet.com/kadilorenzo1/excp76k1wbgg/wish/163475868 kadilorenzo1 https://padlet.com/kadilorenzo1/excp76k1wbgg/wish/163477662 2017-03-29 16:29:32 UTC https://padlet.com/kadilorenzo1/excp76k1wbgg/wish/163477662 kadilorenzo1 https://padlet.com/kadilorenzo1/excp76k1wbgg/wish/163478029 2017-03-29 16:30:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kadilorenzo1/excp76k1wbgg/wish/163478029