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Archduke Franz
Archduke Franz was the prince of Hungary and Bohemia. He and his wife were assassinated on June 28th 1914, visiting Sarajevo.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-one/10930863/First-World-War-centenary-the-assassination-of-Franz-Ferdinand-as-it-happened.html -
Germany Declares war
Germany Declares on France. Britain sends ultimatum to Germany to respect Belgian neutrality.
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Austria Declares War
Austria - Hungary declares war on Russia. Serbia declares war on Germany. https://www.pbs.org/greatwar/timeline/time_1914.html -
Christmas Day Truce
Truce between German, French, and British troops. On Christmas night the German troops were singing holy night, and the British troops joined in the song and they came out of their doughout, and became friends in a way.
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German U boats
On February 4 German U boats were sent up around the coast of Britain. The Germans wanted to kill anyone who went past those boundaries.http://www.firstworldwar.com/timeline/1915.htm -
Secret Treaty
This treaty was a secret because, it was only involving Italy, Russia, France, Britain and London . They did this because they were all secretly working together and creating their own rules.
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Crisis
U-boat sinks British Lusitania with the Americans on the ship. This creates a German, united states diplomatic crisis.
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Tsar nicholas
On Sept. 5th 1915 Tsar Nicholas takes command and is in charge of the Russian Army. Tsar was 19 when he joined the arm so he thought he had a perspective on how to control an army and dictate it.
http://www.portalus.ru/modules/english_russia/rus_readme.php?subaction=showfull&id=1188908984&archive=&start_from=&ucat=&&_sm_au_=ijVQv6S6QW6VFLpr -
French ship Torpedoed
The french ship " Sussex" was torpedoed by a German u boat. The Sussex was a ferry used by french, and the UK.
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Arab Revolt
With the british's support they helped the arabs and turks revolt agianst eachother. The revolt started when Iraq invaded ottaman empires and turkishs faught back.
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Italy Declares War
Italy declares war on Germany on Aug 28th 1916. Germany teamed up with Italys allies and Italy revolted and wanted war!
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Zimmerman Telegram
On febuary 24th 1917 ,Zimmerman Telegram sent to US by Britain with a detailing German proposal of an alliance with Mexico against the US. A telegram is a coded message that you have to depict to find what the message actually says.
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Annoucment by President Wilson
President Woodrow Wilson announces arming of US merchantmen by executive order after failing to win approval from Congress.
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Espionage act
US Espionage Act passed on, June 15,1917. The purpose of this was for an entry into the war. It was like a set of rules you had to follow and the punishments if not followed.
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Unrestriced Submarine Wafare
Wodrow willson announces unrestricted submarine warfare was restricted by Germans. In Febuary this pledge was disregarded.
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Armistice day
Armistice day is when on the eleventh month eleventh day and eleventh hour. This was a document signed to end the war between allies of U.S. This is now considered a holiday.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-one/11987877/Armistice-Day-facts-Why-do-we-have-a-two-minute-silence-for-remembrance.html -
Start of peace confrence
Paris peace conference is also know as Versailles Peace conference. More than 32 countries were involved. This was another way there were going to call it even or have a truce. This document was signed in Versailles, in the hall of mirrors.
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Paris_Peace_Conference,_1919 -
Peace in Paris
This was a conference disusing the Treaty of Versailles. The importance was this was the end of World War One.
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Leauge of Nations Draft
The draft of leauge of nations was for after the war. The document included international cooperation on health, labor problems, refugee affairs. It was basically like a contract or a promise to work together to do those things.
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Treaty Of Versailles
The treaty of Versailles was a document signed by all of the countries for a truce. This caused Japan to revolt which caused world war two.
http://millercenter.org/president/wilson/key-events
