WWI Timeline by McKel Major https://padlet.com/mmajor6577/7vsbyyzub1o4 en-us 2018-02-06 18:08:59 UTC 2018-02-07 00:45:38 UTC hello@padlet.com 1914, June 28 Assassination in Sarajevo mmajor6577 https://padlet.com/mmajor6577/7vsbyyzub1o4/wish/228902006 Explain: Archduke Franz Ferdinand Assassinated.

Significance: This was widely known as the spark of WWI.]]> 2018-02-06 23:44:49 UTC https://padlet.com/mmajor6577/7vsbyyzub1o4/wish/228902006 1914, July 28 World War 1 Begins mmajor6577 https://padlet.com/mmajor6577/7vsbyyzub1o4/wish/228902495 Explain: "The Wars to end all Wars" This was said to be an immediate reaction to the assassination of Franz Ferdinand.

Significance: One of the biggest wars in history. The very first world war.]]> 2018-02-06 23:47:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mmajor6577/7vsbyyzub1o4/wish/228902495 1915, May 7 The Lusitania is Sunk mmajor6577 https://padlet.com/mmajor6577/7vsbyyzub1o4/wish/228903346 Explain: Germany used a submarine to sink this ship.

Significance: This was after the UK implemented a Naval blockade. The Germans tried to scare off merchant ships.]]> 2018-02-06 23:53:30 UTC https://padlet.com/mmajor6577/7vsbyyzub1o4/wish/228903346 1915, September 18 Germany calls off unrestricted Submarine Warfare mmajor6577 https://padlet.com/mmajor6577/7vsbyyzub1o4/wish/228903541 Explain: Germany stops using sub warfare in international waters.

Significance: They thought the UK merchant ships would already be spread.]]> 2018-02-06 23:55:17 UTC https://padlet.com/mmajor6577/7vsbyyzub1o4/wish/228903541 1917, January 16 Zimmerman Note mmajor6577 https://padlet.com/mmajor6577/7vsbyyzub1o4/wish/228903960 Explain: Proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico.

Significance: This was prior to the US joining the war.]]> 2018-02-06 23:58:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mmajor6577/7vsbyyzub1o4/wish/228903960 1917, February 1 Germany Resumes Unrestricted Submarine Warfare mmajor6577 https://padlet.com/mmajor6577/7vsbyyzub1o4/wish/228904877 Explain: The use of subs continue.

Significance: Merchant ships will be attacked.]]> 2018-02-07 00:04:34 UTC https://padlet.com/mmajor6577/7vsbyyzub1o4/wish/228904877 1917, March 15 First Russian Revolution/Tsar Nicholas II abdicates mmajor6577 https://padlet.com/mmajor6577/7vsbyyzub1o4/wish/228906109 Explain: The collapse of the Empire under Tsar Nicholas II.

Significance: Sparked a new era in Russia.]]> 2018-02-07 00:11:30 UTC https://padlet.com/mmajor6577/7vsbyyzub1o4/wish/228906109 1917, April 6 US Declares War mmajor6577 https://padlet.com/mmajor6577/7vsbyyzub1o4/wish/228906698 Explain: US declares war on Germany.

Significance: This was after Germans sent the Zimmerman note, sunk US merchant ships, and sunk the Lusitania.]]> 2018-02-07 00:14:39 UTC https://padlet.com/mmajor6577/7vsbyyzub1o4/wish/228906698 1917, June 25 US Troops land in France mmajor6577 https://padlet.com/mmajor6577/7vsbyyzub1o4/wish/228907409 Explain: 14,000 US soldiers arrived in France. "The Doughboys"

Significance: This stationed the US on the Western Front to help aid in ending this war.]]> 2018-02-07 00:18:55 UTC https://padlet.com/mmajor6577/7vsbyyzub1o4/wish/228907409 1917, November 7 October Revolution occurs in Russia/Bolsheviks under Lenin (communists) gain control of Russia mmajor6577 https://padlet.com/mmajor6577/7vsbyyzub1o4/wish/228907936 Explain: revolutionaries led by Bolshevik Party leader Vladimir Lenin launched a nearly bloodless coup d'état against the Duma's provisional government.

Significance: The connection between the Russian people and Tsar Nicholas II had been broken.]]> 2018-02-07 00:22:17 UTC https://padlet.com/mmajor6577/7vsbyyzub1o4/wish/228907936 1917, December 23 Russia withdraws from the war mmajor6577 https://padlet.com/mmajor6577/7vsbyyzub1o4/wish/228909590 Explain: Russia withdraws from WWI.

Significance: With all the mayhem inside their own country, they couldn't focus on outside affairs.]]> 2018-02-07 00:32:06 UTC https://padlet.com/mmajor6577/7vsbyyzub1o4/wish/228909590 1918, January 8 Wilson outlines the 14 points mmajor6577 https://padlet.com/mmajor6577/7vsbyyzub1o4/wish/228910177 Explain: Statement of principles for peace

Significance: This tried to end the war.]]> 2018-02-07 00:35:14 UTC https://padlet.com/mmajor6577/7vsbyyzub1o4/wish/228910177 1918, November 11 Armistice Signed/Fighting ends at 11am mmajor6577 https://padlet.com/mmajor6577/7vsbyyzub1o4/wish/228910512 Explain: This was signed between Great Britain, Germany, and France.

Significance: This ended fighting between them and was a prelude to peace.]]> 2018-02-07 00:37:01 UTC https://padlet.com/mmajor6577/7vsbyyzub1o4/wish/228910512 1919, January 18 mmajor6577 https://padlet.com/mmajor6577/7vsbyyzub1o4/wish/228911727 Explain: Articulated the compromises at the conference.

Significance: The League of nations formed after this.]]> 2018-02-07 00:42:14 UTC https://padlet.com/mmajor6577/7vsbyyzub1o4/wish/228911727 1920, January 19 First meeting of the League of Nations in London mmajor6577 https://padlet.com/mmajor6577/7vsbyyzub1o4/wish/228911982 Explain: This was held in Paris two days after the Treaty of Versailles.

Significance: This would regulate to keep peace and try to keep wars away.]]> 2018-02-07 00:43:24 UTC https://padlet.com/mmajor6577/7vsbyyzub1o4/wish/228911982