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What were the four MAIN causes of WW I?

The MAIN causes is an acronym for all of the factors which started World War I. MAIN stands for Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism. All of these factors combined,make up a four part "bomb" or the start of the war. In 1914, the Archduke of Austria, Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie were assassinated by a Serbian assassin, Gavrilo Princip. This was the match for the bomb. Nationalism was the first part of the bomb, the desire to show other people how exceptional their country was to all the other countries. This resulted in extreme hate against the other nationalities and eventually, when mixed with the other MAIN causes, to a war.: desire to build up their navy, copmeptition germany england faster stronger ships Alliances: Central and Allied Powers.