What Caused WWI

Everybody usually learns sometime in his or her life about the start of World War I, but not everyone learns the same thing. Some people learn that the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand caused the war to start. Other people learn that other factors such as nationalism, militarism, and diplomacy started World War I. “The causes of great wars are never simple. Many causes may work quietly under the surface for years before they are recognized” (Snyder 9). The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was a factor that led to World War I. Nevertheless, even if the assassination had never occurred, the war would have still started due to other factors such as nationalism, and militarism.
“On the morning of June 28, 1914, the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, and his wife paid an official visit to Sarajevo, capital of the province of Bosnia in the Balkans” (Pimlott 6). The Archduke was planning to direct army maneuvers in the neighbor...