Flatford_WWI time line by Samantha Flatford https://padlet.com/sflatf3848/4g8vyuywbd6u Made with a dash of wit en-us 2018-02-01 14:16:06 UTC 2026-03-20 17:38:56 UTC hello@padlet.com June 28, 1914: Assassination in Sarajevo sflatf3848 https://padlet.com/sflatf3848/4g8vyuywbd6u/wish/227048413 Explain: Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife were hit with a bomb and shot which killed killed them. 
Significance: Austria-Hungary blamed the Serbian government]]> 2018-02-01 14:24:46 UTC https://padlet.com/sflatf3848/4g8vyuywbd6u/wish/227048413 July 28, 1914: World War I begins sflatf3848 https://padlet.com/sflatf3848/4g8vyuywbd6u/wish/227057199 Explain: Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia.
Significance: war began and split the world powers apart]]> 2018-02-01 14:36:49 UTC https://padlet.com/sflatf3848/4g8vyuywbd6u/wish/227057199 1915, may 7: The Lusitania is sunk sflatf3848 https://padlet.com/sflatf3848/4g8vyuywbd6u/wish/229897445 Explain: British ocean liner was sunk without warning by a German submarine.
Significance: the British declared war on Germany and entered the war. ]]> 2018-02-09 04:23:31 UTC https://padlet.com/sflatf3848/4g8vyuywbd6u/wish/229897445 1915, Sep. 18: Germany calls off unrestricted submarine (u-boat) warfare sflatf3848 https://padlet.com/sflatf3848/4g8vyuywbd6u/wish/229898097 Explain: Germany declared the area around the British Isles a war zone. and would sink any ships other than German ships.
significance: it was difficult for any supplies to be shipped to the British.]]> 2018-02-09 04:28:44 UTC https://padlet.com/sflatf3848/4g8vyuywbd6u/wish/229898097 1917, Jan. 16: Zimmerman note sflatf3848 https://padlet.com/sflatf3848/4g8vyuywbd6u/wish/229899338 Explain: British code breakers intercepted an encrypted message from Zimmerman.
Significance: america started to think about joining the war.]]> 2018-02-09 04:37:06 UTC https://padlet.com/sflatf3848/4g8vyuywbd6u/wish/229899338 1917, Feb. 1: Germany resumes unrestricted submarine warfare sflatf3848 https://padlet.com/sflatf3848/4g8vyuywbd6u/wish/229900180 Explain: they stopped using this warfare for a while but they started it again.
Significance: it showed that Germany wanted to win the war no matter what.]]> 2018-02-09 04:43:43 UTC https://padlet.com/sflatf3848/4g8vyuywbd6u/wish/229900180 1917, march 15: first Russian revolution sflatf3848 https://padlet.com/sflatf3848/4g8vyuywbd6u/wish/229901381 Explain: The Russian Empire collapsed.
Significance: he  was replaced by a provisional government during the first revolution]]> 2018-02-09 04:49:11 UTC https://padlet.com/sflatf3848/4g8vyuywbd6u/wish/229901381 1917, April 6: US declares war sflatf3848 https://padlet.com/sflatf3848/4g8vyuywbd6u/wish/229902064 Explain: US declared war on Germany after many attacks from German forces
Significance: this is where the united states first entered world war ]]> 2018-02-09 04:51:54 UTC https://padlet.com/sflatf3848/4g8vyuywbd6u/wish/229902064 1917, June 25: US troops land in France sflatf3848 https://padlet.com/sflatf3848/4g8vyuywbd6u/wish/229902576 Explain: the first U.S. troops land in France at the port of Saint Nazaire.
Significance: troops start too be trained and put into battle.]]> 2018-02-09 04:55:19 UTC https://padlet.com/sflatf3848/4g8vyuywbd6u/wish/229902576 1917, Nov. 7: October revolution occurs in Russia sflatf3848 https://padlet.com/sflatf3848/4g8vyuywbd6u/wish/229902889 Explain: Vladimir Lenin led his leftist revolutionaries in a revolt against the ineffective Provisional Government.
Significance: starts more issues in the country.]]> 2018-02-09 04:59:35 UTC https://padlet.com/sflatf3848/4g8vyuywbd6u/wish/229902889 1917, December 23: Russia withdraws from the war sflatf3848 https://padlet.com/sflatf3848/4g8vyuywbd6u/wish/229903149 Explain: Russia stops fighting in the war.
Significance: they stopped fighting in the war because of all of the stuff already happening in their own country.]]> 2018-02-09 05:02:31 UTC https://padlet.com/sflatf3848/4g8vyuywbd6u/wish/229903149 1918, Jan. 8: Wilson outlines the 14 points sflatf3848 https://padlet.com/sflatf3848/4g8vyuywbd6u/wish/229903347 Explain: Wilson outlined his vision for a stable peace in  the world.
Significance: soon led to the treaty of Versailles because nations wouldn't listen to all of the points. ]]> 2018-02-09 05:05:14 UTC https://padlet.com/sflatf3848/4g8vyuywbd6u/wish/229903347 1918, Nov. 11: Armistice signed the treaty of Versailles sflatf3848 https://padlet.com/sflatf3848/4g8vyuywbd6u/wish/229903680 Explain: signing the treaty made sure that germany would pay for the damage they caused.
Significance: the signing of the treaty soon ended the war.]]> 2018-02-09 05:10:20 UTC https://padlet.com/sflatf3848/4g8vyuywbd6u/wish/229903680 1919, Jan. 18: Conference opens sflatf3848 https://padlet.com/sflatf3848/4g8vyuywbd6u/wish/229903849 Explain: the peace conference opens in France.
Significance: laid down some rules for the future for all of the other nations.]]> 2018-02-09 05:13:33 UTC https://padlet.com/sflatf3848/4g8vyuywbd6u/wish/229903849 1920, Jan. 19: first meeting of the league of nations sflatf3848 https://padlet.com/sflatf3848/4g8vyuywbd6u/wish/229904041 Explain: The establishment of a permanent international body to maintain peace in the postwar world. 
Significance: tried to help keep peace so no more wars like this would happen again.]]> 2018-02-09 05:16:57 UTC https://padlet.com/sflatf3848/4g8vyuywbd6u/wish/229904041