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Assassination of the Archduke Ferdinand
Archuduke Franc Ferdinand of Austria Hungary and his wife Sopia are assassinated by a Serbian assassin from the gang the black hand -
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
After the Archduke Ferninand was killed, Austria hungary declared war Serbia, this is what sparked the first world war -
Armenian Genocide
The Ottoman Empire attempted to wipe of all of the Armenian population in Armenia during and just after World War I ended, though the Armenians fought back and the caused the Destruction of the Ottoman Empire -
Sinking of the Lusitania
The Lusitania was a ship from Britian that was carrying home U.S soldiers from the war, The germans fired at the boat using a U-Boat, a submarine, the germans promised not to attack the ships again but continued to do so, thus drawing more soldiers into the war. -
Zimmer Telegram
The British deciphered a intercepted telegram sent by Aurther Zimmerman, the German Foreign Minister, the telegram was sent to Mexico from germany ordering Mexico to attack the United States, since Britian was an allegiance to America, they warned America of the telegram which caused America to attack Germany -
Russian Revolution
The Russian Revolution casued Russia to withdraw from the war due to the poor and corrupted goverment in Russia, as they were spending money on war more than it's people. -
U.S delcares war on Germany
President Woodrow Wilson appeared before a joint session to delcare war on Germany, this is was to "make the world safe for democracy" two days later the congress accepted wilson's request and America joined the war that has been going on since 1914 -
Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points
The Fourteen Points was a speech document written by U.S president Woodrow Wilson, Eight of these points talked about territorial and political agreements associated with the Entente Powers, the other six focused on preventing futures wars, Wilson hoped his proposal would bring about a just and lasting peace: a “peace without victory.” -
Germany surrenders/ Armistice signed
After the world war I ended, Germany surrenders and signed a peace treaty known as the Armistice, the treaty ended all the fighting under one condition; Germany was stripped from it's airports, they reduced their military from 1,000,000 men to 100,000, they could only have a maximum of 6-8 naval ships and their weapons factories were shut down -
Treaty Of Versailles
The Treaty Of Versailles was presented for German leaders to sign, the Treaty ordered Germany to decline their military men from at least 2,500,000 to 100,000 men, close all of their weapons factory, could only have up to eight naval ships and close all their military airports. -
League of Nations
The League of nations was an intergovermental group formed as a result of the paris peace conference and the precrusor to the united nations, their goal was preventing future wars.
