asdfghjkl; By trippie.kami 1823 the monroe doctrine sought to isolate'' the american contibents'' from eurpean 1914 the assasstion was the sparh that ignited the war Period: 1914 to 1918 war involving nearly an the nations of the world 1915 cernany told americans to stay off british ships, and they could and would sink them 1917 hms renown seen fron aouther british warship 1917 germany announced'' unlimited'' submarine warar in the war zone