Independence for smaller ethnic groups within the Austro-Hungarian Empire would surely have resulted in some forms of struggle to achieve this independence. The First World War only accelerated the collapse of the Empire, and contributed to putting the issue of the independence of ethnic groups on the agenda. Namely, in this period in Europe, in addition to other circumstances, the idea of national freedom and independent national states flourished. The extent to which the Empire would have remained if there was no World War I was a question, but the fight for independence must have been manifested in other ways. The fact is that within the Empire there were fifteen ethnic groups with fifteen different languages, customs, traditions, as well as the fact that many of these nations, not all, had their own states, before they became part of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy during the centuries-long fighting. A question that follows the natural law. What would happen could be answered by the question: would America be happier if it remained under the control of Britain?