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The assassination of Arch Duke Ferdinand
After his driver made a wrong turn gavrilo Princip from the black hand organization ran up and shot him in the chest. -
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
A telegraph stating that they were declaring war began WW1 -
The first battle of the Marne
Allied forces stop the German advance into France -
The sinking of the Lusitania
A german u-boat sank the ship with 128 american on board killing them. -
The US declares war on Germany
After the zimmerman note and the sinking of the lusitania the US decides to join WW1 -
President Wilson presents his 14 points to congress
Woodrow Wilson has developed his plan for peace and he presents it to congress in hopes they agree -
Russia and Germany sign the treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Russia has started a revolution and must back out of the war so they sign a peace treaty with Germany -
Germany signs an armistice ending the war
After 4 years at war Germany finally gives up and stops the fighting -
The Paris peace conference begins
After the war the countries hold a peace conference to discuss things like punishment and how to rebuild Europe -
The treaty of Versailles takes effect
After the allies decided on everything they made it into a treaty and published it, it contained how much money Germany had to pay, how much land they would lose, and how that Germany would have to take full responsibility for the war.