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WAR OVER
at the palace of Versailles in France, Germany delegates sign a treaty finally ending the war. -
CAUSE OF THE WAR
Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated, a bomb was throw at the archduke and his wife but missed, then the driver took a wrong turn and lead him back to the same assassin who then shot the archduke . -
the war begins
Brittan declares war on Germany a day after Germany declared war on France which dragged the other domains of British empire including Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India and South Africa. America believing the war could be quick and currently want doesn't conflict declares neutrality -
the sinking of the Lusitania
German U-boat torpedo's a British passenger liner "the Lusitania", sinking the boat and drown 1,201 total, 128 being American. U.S president Woodrow Wilson reacts by sending four diplomatic protest to Germany -
re-election of Woodrow Wilson
president Woodrow Wilson re-elected for U.S president due to him keeping the U.S out of the war -
THE TELEGRAM
a telegram going to Mexico from German embassies in Washington D.C was intercepted by Brittan, the telegram had plans to set up an alliance against America, Brittan passed it along to America and into the public, causing an outcry for for U.S intervention. -
AMERICA ENTERS
the united states declare war on Germany and enter the war -
troops arrive
the fist American troops arrive in France -
SEDITION ACT
president Woodrow Wilson and congress pass the sedition act, which made it illegal for American citizens to "print, utter, or publish...any false, scandalous, and malicious writing" about the government. -
ARMISTICE SIGNED
at 5:01AM. 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. though fighting went on before eleven, when11:00 AM arrived and fighting stopped leaving 2,000 casualty