"World War One was Inevitable"

Industrialization created the great powers of Great Britain, France, Germany, the United States, Russia, and Japan. Competition for resources coupled with nationalism and an unstable balance-of-power structure created the international tension, which resulted in the First World War. World War I also called the First World War and, prior to World War II, the Great War and the War to End All Wars, was an event that changed nearly every aspect of life in the …

…the nations of the world were dramatically altered by the Industrial Revolution of the nineteenth century. Secondly, there was a growing desire by ethnic populations within the larger countries to become independent nations. Lastly, Colonies around the world were a valuable asset for supporting the host country's economy. The great European powers needed raw materials and outlets for their goods. They wanted to expand into new colonies while still protecting the ones they already had.