There are many factors that contributed to the beginning of World War I. Some of these include strong nationalism, the systems of secret alliances, economic imperialism, militarism, and the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand. These are not all of the causes, but just a few. There are many more causes that will be brought into focus in the following paragraphs. One cause was military expansion. As a result of tensions, between 1871 and 1914 the countries in …showed first 75 words of 1410 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1410 total…on France. The German invasion of Belgium official neutrality, prompted Britain to declare war on Germany. 1 Fay World War I was now officially started. The causes range from monetary issues to people just having big egos. The main cause was the alliances nations formed to help protect themselves, which only brought them into war anyway. A lot of the other causes were just minor things that people made a bigger deal over than was needed.