Choose a 19th- or 20th-century European nation from the list that was considered an empire, from whose perspective you will write a paper on the Alliance System and the New Imperialism:
- Britain
- France
- Germany
- Belgium
Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper from the perspective of your chosen empire in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Address the following:
- The alliances to which the empire belonged and their primary allies
- How concerns for security, strength, and wealth led the empire to enter these alliances .How other empires' expansionism fueled a race for empire
- Major imperialist activities of this empire during the 19th century .How concerns for security, strength, and wealth led the empire to seek to expand colonial holdings
- How the empire's alliances and imperial ambitions led to its involvement in World War I Include at least one reference from a peer-reviewed periodical.