The event or incident that triggered long standing tensions in Europe and was the immediate cause of ww1 was the assasination of archduke Ferdinard and his wife sophie, in sarajavo by a Bosnian student.
Answer: I believe that after declaring independence in 1776, Congress had tried to unite the states under one nation government. Members of Congress were scared that a strong central government would crush the rights they were fighting to preserve. To solve there problem was a plan of government called the Articles of Confederation
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