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On 6/28/1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife were assassinated by an angry civilian in Bosnia. This fueled the Austrians target and anger towards Serbia -
Germany declared war on France and invaded Belgium, after that Britain sent a ultimatum that was turned down by the Germans -
A German U-boat shot a torpedo at the Lusitania that sunk it in 18 minuets killing 12,01 passengers including 128 Americans. -
The Americans re-voted president Woodrow Wilson who campaigned that he would make sure to keep America out of the war. -
The British intercepted a telegram sent by Alfred Zimmermann in the German foreign office to the German embassies in D.C and Mexico City. The message talked about plans for a alliance between Germany and Mexico to fight with each other against the U.S -
The U.S declares that they want war with Germany -
The Sedition Act was enacted to extend the Espionage act, the Sedition act also covered a broader range of offenses. -
The first U.S troops arrive in France -
The Germans sign the Armistice which was effected at 11:am the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. And the fighting continues all along the Western Front until 11 o'clock. Where the final round was shot -
Many soldiers fell to the strain of influenza. The flu spreads killing over 20 million people then vanished randomly.