War broke in 1914 due to a number of factors, and many of these dated back many years before the war. There were many things that contributed to the final war that was brought on by a certain catalyst. The arms race between Germany and Great Britain, the heated past of Germany and France, the tensions amongst the Balkan states, and between the Balkans and Austria-Hungary were all major contributing factors of the war. The feelings …showed first 75 words of 432 total…

…showed last 75 words of 432 total…class of people began to make a living outside growing their own food. The nobles feared a peasant uprising, and so tensions grew between the middle class and the upper class. Because there was new hope for the lower-class citizens, they were eager to make their own profits, to become not so poor, and meant opposing the nobles in dominance of the county. These issues created huge tensions and secretly contributed to World War I.