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Imperialism, WW1, IMPERIALISM AND THE FIRST WORLD WAR - Coggle Diagram
Imperialism
IMPERIALISM
New form of colonialism
Between 1870 and 1914
Most of the world controlled by Europe
Main causes
Main consequences
For the colony
New society
Tribes separated and mixed, new borders
Dependence from the metropoli, nationalism in colonies
Explotation of resources, altered landscapes
Lost cultures, less iliteracy
Population growth, medical advances
For the metropoli
Cheap workforce
Cheap raw materials
Population growth
New markets
Gave prestige to european nations
Raw materials and cheap workforce
New world discovered
Population growth
WW1
Armed conflict between various countries
Assasination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
28 July 1914 - 11 November 1918
Main alliances
Phases of the war
German offensives - Schlieffen Plan (1914)
Trench Warfare (1915-16)
American incorporation (1917)
Brest-Litovsk & Armistice (1918)
The Central Powers
AH, GE, Ottoman empire and Bulgaria
The Allies
Serbia + Triple Entente (France, GB and Russia) + others later
Consequences of the War
League of Nations
Women started to fight for rights
Penalties to germany, AH and Ottoman empires dissolved
Huge human casualties (20 - 50 Million)
European powers ask the US for loans
US Becomes world's richest power
ARMED PEACE
FRANCE - GERMAN EMPIRE (Alsace-Lorraine)
GB - GERMAN EMPIRE (Threatened navy)
AH - RUSSIA (Balkan control)
ITALY - TERRITORIES IN AFRICA
AH - SERBIA (Political tension)
IMPERIALISM AND THE FIRST WORLD WAR