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Kaiser declares "open season" on ships
Kaiser Wilhelm proclaimed the North Sea a war zone where all merchant ships including those who are from neutral countries could be sunk without warning -
Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
Cabrinovic’s cohorts, 19-year-old Gavrilo Princip shot into Ferdinand's car shooting him and Sophie -
Great War beigns
Sparked by Franz Ferdinand's assassination, chain of events led to WWI -
Lusitania Sank
Identified and torpedoed by German U-Boat, sank in 18 minutes -
Battle of the Somme
Allies attempted to break through the German's lines on Western Front. More than 1 million casualties occured after the several months of battle lasted. -
Wilson Re-Elected
Democratic President Woodrow Wilson defeated Supreme Court Justice Charles Evans Hughes, the Republican candidate. -
Zimmerman Note Intercepted
Germany advises Mexico to declare War on Germany -
US Declares War on Germany
Nazi Germany declared war against the United States, in response to what was claimed to be a series of provocations by the United States government -
Selective Service Act
Authorized the United States federal government to raise a national army for service in World War I through conscription. -
Espionage Age passed
a United States federal law passed on June 15, 1917, shortly after the U.S. entry into World War I. It has been amended numerous times over the years -
Russia pulls out of war
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was a peace treaty signed on 3 March 1918 ended Russia's participation in the war. -
Fourteen Points Speech
a statement given to Congress on January 8, 1918 by President Woodrow Wilson declaring that WW1 was being fought for a moral cause and calling for peace in Europe -
Flu Epidemic
the deadliest in history, infected an estimated 500 million people worldwide—about one-third of the planet's population -
Sedition Act Passed
an Act of the United States Congress that extended the Espionage Act of 1917 to cover a broader range of offenses -
Convoy System
a group of merchant vessels sailing together, with or without naval escort, for mutual security and protection, has a much longer history than sometimes suggested -
Germany Signs Armistice
an agreement to stop fighting - was signed between France, Britain, and Germany on 11th November 1918, bringing four years of fighting in the First World War to an end
