What triggered the start of World War I?

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1. Brad Isaac
   

    Many of the European powerhouse countries were building their armies and resources since the 19^th century, but it was the assassination of Archdule Franz Ferdinand of Austria, the heir to the country’s throne, by Gavrilo Princip, a Bosnian Serbian student on June 28, 1914. This was followed by a month of failed diplomatic talks between Austria-Hungary, Germany, Russia, France, and Britain. Austria-Hungary gave Serbia a list of 10 demands that Serbia would have to accept or else be attacked. Serbia agreed to eight of the demands, but since 2 of the demands were not met, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia on July 28, 1914. Within a matter of weeks, Britain, Russia, France, Germany, and Austria-Hungary entered a war which is now known as World War I, or The Great War. 

   
   

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