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By Danica Cordon and Elle Rose

Great Britain. By Danica Cordon and Elle Rose.

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By Danica Cordon and Elle Rose

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  1. Great Britain By Danica Cordon and Elle Rose

  2. Great Britain is the term used for the island containing the contiguous nations¹ of England, Scotland and Wales. The term "Great Britain" was officially used only after King James I (who was also James VI of Scotland) acceded to the throne of England and Wales in 1603, styling himself King of Great Britain, although legislative union between Scotland and England did not take place until 1707.

  3. Location: Location: Western Europe, islands including the northern one sixth of the island of Ireland between the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea, northwest of France Geographic coordinates: 54 00 N, 2 00 W

  4. Britain’s Alliances Triple entente: Britain France Russia

  5. Britain’s Leaders King George V David Lloyd George

  6. Long Term Reasons for going to war: -Rivalry between Germany over navies and economic power. -Nationalism, militarism and Imperialism in Britain. -Pressure from long standing alliances.

  7. Short Term Reasons for going to war: • In order to honor its treaty obligation to Belgium and its moral obligations to France. • To prevent Germany from dominating the Continent and thus dwarfing Britain. • The blank check incident.

  8. Official Declaration of War… As soon as Belgium invades, we will enter the war to protect our ally, Belgium, as is called for us to do in the Treaty of London.

  9. Primary Reason Why Britain Entered WW1 loljk Trust No B!tc#

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