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Period: 14 to
1914-1918
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The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
On June 28 1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were gunned down by Gavrilo Princip and member of the black hand -
The Lusitania Disaster
The Lusitania was a British passenger liner which had carried 1,198 people on the deathly trip which happened on May 7th, 1915. A German U- boat is what sank the British passenger liner which had killed all of the people on the passenger including 128 American tourists. The Americans were angry about this so then the public opinion turned against Germany and the central powers -
First Battle of The Somme
During this battle the British had suffered from and hug amounts of deaths within the first day of the war. The number of death at the end of this was 1.2 million but only 7 miles of ground was searched. This war lasted for three years. -
The Zimmerman Note
The Zimmerman note was a telegram from German foreign minister to the German ambassador in Mexico. This not had proposed an alliance with Mexico and a return of their lost territory which were locates in Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. -
America Declares War
On April 2, 1917 a whole bunch of government officials and other guest crowed into the capital building to hear Wilson declare war. The words that Wilson said was that “the world must be made safe for democracy.” -
Germany Collapses War Ends
The partners of Germany which where Austria-Hungary surrender to the allies, and the same day German saliord mutinied against their government -
The Treaty of Versailles
This is the treaty that brought the end to World War l. It also ended the states of war that was between Germany and the allied powers -
League of Nations
This was the first worldwide organizations which was made to maintain world peace between all.
