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World War 1 Changes

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The period prior to World War I contained many political changes throughout the world. Characteristics during the decade prior to World War I was often referred to as Globalization. The trade industry actually grew from what considered to be one-thirteenth up to one-third of the entire world’s production during the 19th century. But when we look at it more closely at the 19th century I would have to consider the three most significant changes that had the most effect. These changes would be the military revolutions of Europe, the democratization in the areas of Germany and Russia, and the Imperialism throughout the European countries. Although these changes have occurred throughout the European countries this made the thought of a war to be more difficult rather than something impossible, and the changes began to make peace more fragile thus leaving no option but a World War.
When looking at the nineteenth century we notice characteristics of democratization. By the time World War I began, lower houses of parliament and a vast majority of the male population were given the right to vote by all European Powers. Basically citizens were able to create their own pressure groups and even their own …show more content…

This time is often referred to as the new imperialism, which basically referred to how all of Europe was trying to colonize Asia and Africa. The rush for the new colonization was how the Europeans dominated the non-Europeans countries, so basically we can say that it was all stemmed due to a competition. During the quest, the British would often try and conquer or colonize the areas in Africa and Asia that would provide much needed resources, like oil, gold, and diamonds or were able to provide ports for trading. By colonizing these areas, the countries were able to take out the middle man and have total control of the resources and port

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