If you ask me World War One was the cause of Imperialistic nations, ambitious territory expansion,independence, power and wealth. These factors are the key cause of the War that would stain the world with blood and destruction. The war itself last root cause was the death of Archduke Franz Ferdinand who was the archduke of Austria Hungary. Most of the European nations were Imperialistic nations inflicting political power and influence through their vast military forces. After the Archdukes death many different countries had defensive treaties with each other to prevent a group of nations or one nation from taking over Europe. After the assassin Gavvilo Princip assassinated Ferdinand Austria Hungary's allied nations who had signed defensive
