Imperialism
was a major factor in the First World War, which is why it was addressed in President Woodrow
Wilson's Fourteen Points speech, which helped secure peace in Europe.
In the
initial part of his address, Wilson declares an end to the Age of Imperialism by saying that
"the day of conquest and aggrandizement is gone by." This statement urged Europe to
push toward a new world order that acknowledged the sovereignty of nations it had previously
sought to dominate and subdue. It is important to remember that the war began when the Serbian
national, Gavrilo Princip, assassinated the Austro-Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
Austria-Hungary had been in conflict with Serbia due to the monarchy's attack on the smaller
nation. Serbia was much smaller, but it threatened the...
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