World War I

Franz Ferdinand Assassination

Jun 14, 1914

The assassination of Austria caused the beginning of World War I.

Austria-Hungary declares war on sebia

Jul 28, 1914

Austria declares war on Serbia only because of a Serbian Nationalist shot and killed Franz Ferdinand and his wife.

First use of gas as a weapon by the Germans

1915

The use of gas was not originally for war it was meant for injuring or kill entrenched defenders.

Sinking of the Lusitania

May 7, 1915

The sinking of the Lusitania is one of the reasons that the Americans entered the war.

Wilson reelected; pledged American neutrality

1916

Wilson just wants to remind to remind his country that they are not entering the war because f what Germany did.

Zimmerman note

1917

It was a plan to attack the United States. So Mr. Zimmerman thought of Mexico to distract america by attacking them and while that's happening the Germans will attack America as well.

Bolsheviks led by lenin overthrow Russia government

1917

Lenin became the new government of Russia after he overthrown the last on one

U.S. declares war

Apr 6, 1917

The reason why U.S. declares war is because of the Germans using there u-boats to attack the American supply ships and this is one of the reasons why we go to war.

War ends

Nov 11, 1918

When the war ended everyone was happy and sad because of the lost one's but other than that they were happy because they don"t have to worry about being bombed or shot at so i believe this was great event for the economy.

Treaty of versailies

Jun 28, 1919

This treaty ended the war in between German and the Allied powers.