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Imperialism and the First World War
First World War
Armed conflict
between 1914 and 1918
European countries
And their colonies
United States
Japan
China
Latin American republics
Causes of the war
Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Russian Empire
Competed for control the Balkans
Serbia
became angry
Created a pre-war atmosphere
European countries
Prepared for war
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Governments tried to avoid war
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France wanted
to recover Alsace-Lorraine
Lost to the German Empire
France and Germany
Competed for control of colonies
Economic expansion
Great Britain
Saw the supremacy of
Its navy threatened
Phases of the war
Initial German offensives
1914
Schlieffen Plan
Attacking one site and then another
Did not suceed
French and British armies
Stopped their advance
First Battle of the Marne
Japan occupied
German colonies
China
Pacific
Trench Warfare
Germany and the Allies
stablished and they couldn´t advance
focused on defending
Their positions
They built
Trenches to defend themselves
New weapons
Machine guns
Tanks
Poison gas
Flamethrowers
Heavy artillery
To break the Western Front
New military tactics
1915-16
Incorporation and withdrawal of allies
1917
United States join
The Allies
German submarine attacks
1 January 1917
Endangering American Merchant fleet
Advance on Western Front
Second Battle of Marne
Central Powers sought peace
Kaiser Wilhem II abdicated
Armistice signed
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Political social Revolution
Russian Empire
Russia leave the war
Peace of Brest-Litovsk
Armistice 1918
Consequences of the war
New map of Europe
Austro-Hungarian Empire
Austria
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Russian Empire
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Finland
Poland
German Empire
German republic
Part of Poland
Part of Czechoslovakia
Ottoman Empire
Turkey
Lebanon
Jordan
Syria
Iraq
Part of Arabia and Palestine
Italy
Lost some territories
Received Trieste
Imperialism
Colonies in
Africa
Asia
Oceania
Causes of Imperialism
Demographic causes
European population grew
could provoked
unemployment,hunger and misery
Migration to América
Economic causes
Established factories in the colonies
Cheap and rich raw materials
Cheap workforce
New markets
Political causes
Brought back the lost prestige
European rulers regain support
Nationalism, Liberalism and Romanticism
Inspiration to expand territories
Greatness of the nation
military and commercial interests
Trade routes
Scientific causes
Way of having a
Greater knowledge
Curiosity or adventure
Literature
Time of exploration
Nile river
Ideological and cultural causes
European people
Used the racial superiority
Had the right and duty
To civilize underdeveloped countries
Pseudo-Darwinist ideas
White people
Was more adapted
Nationalist idea
Economic, political and cultural
control of a nation (Metropoli)
Over another territories (colonies)
Between 1870 and 1914
Consequences of Imperialism
Stimulus to industrialisation
European rivalries
For the colonies
Demographic consequences
Population increased
mortality decreased
natality increased also
Medical improvements
Economic consequences
Exploitation of natural resources
altered natural landscapes
Geographic consequences
Changes in maps
New artificial borders
Mixing and separating tribes
A lot of conflicts
Still present today
Social consequences
racial segregation
Bourgeoisie from metropoli
Dominated the colonies
Indigenous people
Second-class citizens
Political consequences
Dependence of the colonies
From the metropoli
They were never prepare to
Democratic systems or ideas
Nationalism
Fought against the occupation
Cultural consequences
Process of acculturation
lost
Identity
Language
Culture
Traditions
Religions
Alliances during the First World War
Two opposing sides formed
The Central Powers
Austro-Hungarian Empire
Germany
Bulgary
Ottoman Empire
The Allies
Triple Entente
France
Great Britain
Russian Empire
Serbia
Later
Belgium
Japan
Italy
Abandoned Its neutrality
Romania
United States
Greece
Portugal
China
Various Latin American republics
War economy
Economy focused in
The industrial sector
Military equipment and supplies
Weapons
Uniforms
Agricultural and consumer goods
Decreased
Suffer from shortages
To solve problems
Government intervened
Control of the distribution of
Basic goods
Food
Rationing
Black market developed
Society during the war
Young men
recruited into armed forces
Womens
filled the positions
Men had left
In Europe
Would start fighting
For their rights
Peace settlement
After the war
Allies met
Paris Peace Conference
1919-1920
Decide peace conditions
In defeated countries
Fourteen points
League of nations
Democratic states
Freedom of trade
Rejected
Respect for nations rights
Five separated treaties
Treaty of Versailles
Prohibition of military artillery
Payment of huge reparations
Reduction of their territory
Demilitarisation of the region of Rhineland
Division of Eastern territories