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Franz Ferdinand assassinated
Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by Gavrillo Princip assassinated him. Franz was heir to the thone of Austria-Hungary. -
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beginning of the war to the end of the war
From when Franz Ferdinand was assassinated to when the peace treaty was crated -
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
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Austria-Hungary declaring war on Serbia sent Russia into mobilization
Russia stationed troops at the Serbia boarder,ready to protect them. -
Germany declares war on Russia
Germany is Austria-Hungary's chief ally -
France declares war on Germany
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Britian declared war on Germany
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Wilson declares America neutral
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Ottoman empire joins central powers
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Italy joins the allies
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Germany uses gas to attack trenches
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Germans blow up the Lusitania
The Germans blew up the Lusitania, a British liner, with 128 Americans on it. -
Bulgaria joins the central powers
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The destruction of the Sussex
The Germans blow up the Sussex, a French passenger steamship, with two Americans on it. -
The Americans make Germany agree to the Sussex pledge
Germans had to tell the people they were about to explode "We are about to explode you -
The battle of Somme
British lost 20,000 people in a single day. -
Germany breaks the Sussex pledge
Germany says it will stop telling the ships it is about to explode it -
The Zimmerman Note
The Zimmerman note was intercepted by Great Britian and it was sent by german foriegn secretary. It said that if Mexico attacked America and if Germany won the war, Germany would give Mexico Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. -
Russian leader get toppled from his throne
Czar Nicholas II was forced of the throne due to a revolution, and Russia left the war. -
Three more American ships sank
The germans sank three more American ships, the CITY OF MEPHIS, ILLINOIS,and VIGILANCIA. -
War???
The Presidents Cabinet all voted for war. -
War?!?!
Wilson tells the senate "the world must be made safe for Democracy -
WAR!!!!!!
Wilson signed the bill making America go to war. -
Selective Service Act
Made yound people join the war. -
Convoy system
Thing precious to the war were sent by the Convoy system, sending the cargo surrounded two destoyers and two torpedo boats -
Mutiny
The German sent one final attack, but the soldiers mutinied, Knowing defeat was inevitable. -
Paris Peace confrence
Wilson came with fourteen points but all were shoot down except the league of nations
