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Archduke killed
The Archduke was murdered by a Serbian. -
Franz Ferdinand Assaination
Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated while visiting Sarajevo, Bosnia. He was next in line for the Austro Hungarien throne. The killings set off decades old tentions in Europe and started WWI. -
The war on Serbia
Austra-Hungary declares war on Serbia. -
Germans Fight with Gas
This was the first use of gas as a weapon by the Germans. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
The British passenger ship that got hit by 2 torpedoes from a German U-boat. -
Wilson reelected; pledged American Neutrality
When Wilson was reelected, he pledged that Americans would stay neutral during the war. -
Zimmermen note
A telegram that offered U.S. territory to Mexico in return for joining the German cause. -
U.S. declares war
The U.S. was no longer neutral. They had officially entered the war. -
War ends
All of the fighting stopped, because there was an armistice. -
Treaty of Versailles
This treaty ended WWI.
