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Arch Duke Assassination
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg were assassinated. Which was one of the Main events that caused World war one -
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Great Britain declares war on Germany
Great Britain had declared war on Germany this was a result of Germany not moving troops out of neutral Belgium, and with Great Britain having many allies other countries started getting roped in to the war. -
German U-Boat destroys British Passenger Ship The Lusitania
Germany Had promised to check ships before sinking them however they thought this took to long and started reverting back to just sinking the ships without warning, one of the ships they had sunk was The Lusitania a Great Britain passenger ship. At the time it had 1,959 men, women, and children on board including 123 Americans. With this America finally joined World War One. -
Woodrow Wilson Re-Elected
Woodrow Wilson Beat his competitor Charles E. Hughes in 1916. with the slogan "He kept us out of war" signifying he will keep America from going to War. -
Telegram intercepted. alliance between Germany & Mexico against U.S
The telegram was Intercepted by Great Britain. The Telegram was from German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann to the German Minister to Mexico, Heinrich von Eckhardt. The Zimmermann noted stated that German Powers and Mexican Powers should ally against the United States. President Wilson then, In march Asked for a declaration of war. -
U.S Declares war Against Germany.
On April 6th 1917 The United States had officially gone to war Allying with France, Great Britain, Russia, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Italy. Against the Central Powers Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire (Turkey) and Bulgaria. -
First American troops of WWI land in France
The first U.S troops had landed in France to support French allies. 14,000 American Troops had landed in the port of Saint Nazaire. The landing site had also had to be kept secret because of the German Submarines. -
The Sedition act was enacted
The Sedition act stated that people could not write, protest or express the war in a negative light. Because The U.S joining the war brought widespread opposition. People Protesting were arrested and in the end over 1,000 people were arrested. -
Armistice Ends World War One
On the morning of November 11th in Compiegne, France, an armistice was reached between the Allies and Germany, declaring a cessation to hostilities on the western front effective the 11th hour, of the 11th of day, of the 11th month. However on that day over 2,750 men had died. -
The Versailles Peace Treaty was signed.
There was still tension between the World so on June 28th 1919 the Versailles Peace Treaty was signed and the Treaty stated that the Treaty of Versailles subjected Germany to strict punitive measures. The Treaty required the new German Government to surrender approximately 10 percent of its prewar territory in Europe and all of its overseas possessions