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Archduke Francis Ferdinand is assasinated
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Assasination
Archduke Francis Ferdinand of the Austro-Hungarian Empire is assasinated . -
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
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Russia enters the war as Serbia's protecter and begins readying their troops
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Germany declares war on Russia
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Brittain enters the war and USA proclaims there neutrality
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woman suffragists protested for peace to remain
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German army advances thrirty miles within Paris and they reach a stalemate
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Lusitania is sunk along with 128 Americans by German U-boats
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U-boats sink the Sussex creating the need for the Sussex pledge
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Germany ends the Sussex Pledge
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America cuts off all diplomatic relations with Germany, and Wilson asks congress for permission to arm merchant ships, shortly after the Zimmerman note is intercepted
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Russian Revolution
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Germany sinks 3 US ships
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WIlson tells congress there is a need for war
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War Resolution is approved and signed
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Congress passes a Selective Service Act
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AEF arrives in France
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President WIlson stands before Congress with the fourteen point plan
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Lenin signs a truce with Germany
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German forces attacks Brittish lines and advance
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American troops attacked and recapture the village of Cantigny
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Soldiers from the Marine Corps and the army stop the German attack at Belleauwood and Chateau Thierry
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the Allied armies stop the German advance in the north and recapture Germany's earlier gains
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the final allied assault, the Meuse-Argonne Offensive
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German ships mutiny to avoid needless loss of lives
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the Kaiser has fled to Holland
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an armistice is signed
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the Allies present Germany with the treaty
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Germany signs the Treaty of Versailles
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Woodrow Wilson presents the treaty to congress where it is rejected
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Congress votes to disregard the Treaty of Versailles and declares the war officially over, Wilson vetoes it
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another joint resolution to end the war is passed with Warren Harding now in office