How Is Archduke Ferdinand Justified

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The way in which archduke Ferdinand was murdered was not planned. In 1914 the Archduke of Austria was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip, a 19 year old student, who shot Ferdinand and his wife. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand is not justified because it started WWI, the motivation of the assassination was consistent with the Young Bosnia, and Ferdinand could have prevented the war, even though he was not well liked by most people. When the Archduke was murdered, it caused WWI to breakout costing many lives. A+E History mentions that, “The assassination of Franz Ferdinand and Sophie set off a rapid chain of events,”(Archduke Franz). Austria declared war on Serbia, causing other countries to join with Austria-Hungary and

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