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Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated in Sarajevo. His death is the event that sparks World War 1
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Germany invades Belgium, beginning World War 1
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Germany reacts to the outrage at the sinking of the Lusitania, and Kaiser Wilhelm suspends unrestricted submarine warfare. They did this in an attempt to keep America out of the war.
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President Wilson purposesl to enter the war on France and Britain's side to congress
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Congress authorizes a declaration of war against Germany. The US enters World War 1 on the side of Rance and Britain.
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The Service Act authorized the draft. It was criticized for destroying democracy. Wilson signs the bill into law
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A peace treaty between Russia and the Central Powers
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Germany launcges the spring offensive
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German flying ace Baron Manfred von Richthofen is shot down.
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This battle of Cantigny is the first major American offensive of the war. It is small in scale, the Americans go on to larger attacks against German Positions
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At this time, this is the second battle of world war 1 that they fought in Marne
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The battle of St. Mihiel begins when 300,000nAmerican troops fling themselves into the German lines.
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This is when German Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates and flees Germany
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Germany signs the armistice. The fighting ends on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month
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The Treaty of Versailles officially ends World War 1
