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Archduke Francis Ferdinand Assassinated
- Francis Ferdinand's death was the main starter of WW1.
- Him and his wifer were murdered in Sarajevo, Boznia
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Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia
1.Austria-Hungary invaded Serbia on July 23, 1914, demanding, among other things, that all anti-Austrian propaganda within Serbia be stopped.
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Germany Declares War on Russia
- Germany warned Russia, still only partially mobilized, that to continue to full mobilization against Austria-Hungary would mean war with Germany 2.On August 2, the first German army crossed into Luxembourg as part of German strategy to invade France
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Germany Declares war on France
1.Germany had threatened Belgium which eventually caused other nations to get involved in the war
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Germany Invades Belgium
1.43,000 Begium men were placed on belgium's border.
2.By the end of September 1914 Germany controled most of Belgium. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
- Among the 1,201 drowned in the attack were many women and children, including 128 Americans which caused outrage in the United States.
- Their policy of unrestricted warfare made them able to shoot at whatever comes in their area of the ocean.
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Germany Announces Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
- all merchant ships, including those from neutral countries, would be attacked by the German u-boats.
- the supreme army command endorsed the navy’s opinion that unrestricted U-boat warfare against the British at sea could result in a German victory by the fall of 1917.
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Zimmerman note Discovered
- The note was an alliance offer between Germany and Mexico
- Germany had the plan of supplying Mexico with weapons to take bach the border states in the U.S. This was meant to keep the U.S. distracted from Euopean affairs
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United States Declares War on Germany
- Germany's use of the U-boats was Wilson's main influence to go to war.
- Germany had violated the Sussex Pledge when it was signed earlier
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Russian Monarchy is Overthrown
1.The forces that overthrew the government wereled by Vladimir Ilyich.
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Russia signs the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
- this treaty was Russia signing a treaty with the central powers ending its participation in the war.
- . Defeat on the battlefield fed the growing discontent among the bulk of Russia’s population.
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Congress Passes the Sedition Act
- insulting or abusing the U.S. government, the flag, the Constitution or the military was against the law
- Harsh panaltys were enforced on those found guiltyof making false statements that interfered with the prosecution of the war
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Germany signs the Treaty of Versailles
- France wanted to make it immposible for Germany to renew war with France.
- Part I of the treaty created the Covenant of the New League of Nations, which Germany was not allowed to join until 1926.