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The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Archduke Franz Ferdinand(Austrian throne)and his wife, visit Sarajevo in Bosnia. There is an attempted on the two but would still end up getting killed by a lone assassin which in turn would make the Austrians angry towards Serbia. -
Britain declares war and the U.S......
Great Britain declares war with Germany. The declaration would bind dominion with British empire that includes Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and more. The U.S also declares its neutrality. -
Lusitania Sunk
German U-Boat torpedoes the Lusitania(a British passenger) with it sinking in about 18 minutes and it would also drown 1,201 people including 128 Americans. President Woodrow Wilson would send four diplomatic protests towards Germany -
Re-election of President Woodrow Wilson
Americans would re-elect President Woodrow Wilson because of his slogan "He kept us out of war." -
British would intercept a telegram....
British intercepts a telegram sent by Alfred Zimmermann in the German Foreign Office to the German embassies in Washington, D.C., and Mexico City. The plans were for Mexico and Germany to have an alliance against the U.S. -
The U.S declares..
War is declared by the U.S onto Germany. -
The first American troops.....
The first American troops land in France -
The Sedition Act of 1918
The Sedition Act of 1918 curtailed the free speech rights of U.S. citizens during time of war -
France and the Germans sign the Armistice
At 5:10 am, in a railway car at Compiègne, France, the Germans sign the Armistice which is effective at 11 am--the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. Fighting continues all along the Western Front until precisely 11 o'clock, with 2,000 casualties experienced that day by all sides. Artillery barrages also erupt as 11 am draws near as soldiers yearn to claim they fired the very last shot in the war. -
Germany signs the Treaty, ending the war
At the Palace of Versailles in France, a German delegation signs the Treaty formally ending the war. Its 230 pages contain terms that have little in common with Wilson's Fourteen Points as the Germans had hoped. Germans back home react with mass demonstrations against the perceived harshness, especially clauses that assess sole blame for the war on Germany.