https://padlet.com/27916613/xwrkwo9gp5ypggm7 en-us 2022-03-01 20:53:40 UTC 2022-04-01 05:00:19 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f630.png 27916613 https://padlet.com/27916613/xwrkwo9gp5ypggm7/wish/2073867139 - France
- Britain
- Russia (briefly)
- the United States (later/briefly)]]> 2022-03-02 15:59:44 UTC https://padlet.com/27916613/xwrkwo9gp5ypggm7/wish/2073867139 27916613 https://padlet.com/27916613/xwrkwo9gp5ypggm7/wish/2073872083 - Germany
- Austria-Hungary
- the Ottoman Empire
- Italy (briefly)]]> 2022-03-02 16:02:05 UTC https://padlet.com/27916613/xwrkwo9gp5ypggm7/wish/2073872083 27916613 https://padlet.com/27916613/xwrkwo9gp5ypggm7/wish/2073882409 - Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary is assassinated in Sarajevo, Bosnia in 1914 by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip

]]> 2022-03-02 16:07:12 UTC https://padlet.com/27916613/xwrkwo9gp5ypggm7/wish/2073882409 27916613 https://padlet.com/27916613/xwrkwo9gp5ypggm7/wish/2073886002 nations began to expand and build up their armies, (seemingly unprovoked) causing suspicion among neighboring countries]]> 2022-03-02 16:09:03 UTC https://padlet.com/27916613/xwrkwo9gp5ypggm7/wish/2073886002 27916613 https://padlet.com/27916613/xwrkwo9gp5ypggm7/wish/2073886247 countries began to form alliances with each other, causing more suspicious and the creation of even more alliances]]> 2022-03-02 16:09:10 UTC https://padlet.com/27916613/xwrkwo9gp5ypggm7/wish/2073886247 27916613 https://padlet.com/27916613/xwrkwo9gp5ypggm7/wish/2073886413 national pride becomes threatening and oppressive, creating tension and hostility within empires]]> 2022-03-02 16:09:14 UTC https://padlet.com/27916613/xwrkwo9gp5ypggm7/wish/2073886413 27916613 https://padlet.com/27916613/xwrkwo9gp5ypggm7/wish/2073886625 the conquering of nations for resources or simply to expand empires]]> 2022-03-02 16:09:18 UTC https://padlet.com/27916613/xwrkwo9gp5ypggm7/wish/2073886625 27916613 https://padlet.com/27916613/xwrkwo9gp5ypggm7/wish/2073886891 the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of 
Austria-Hungary]]> 2022-03-02 16:09:22 UTC https://padlet.com/27916613/xwrkwo9gp5ypggm7/wish/2073886891 27916613 https://padlet.com/27916613/xwrkwo9gp5ypggm7/wish/2074477695 - Russia was drawn into the war to protect its Serbian allies, but was in the middle of a revolution and pulled out of the war in 1915.]]> 2022-03-02 21:59:30 UTC https://padlet.com/27916613/xwrkwo9gp5ypggm7/wish/2074477695 27916613 https://padlet.com/27916613/xwrkwo9gp5ypggm7/wish/2124756365 -in 1915, the RMS Lusitania is sunk by German U-Boats
-later, in 1917, Germany sends out the Zimmerman Telegram, which secretly offered Mexico American land in return for an alliance
- the telegram is intercepted by American forces and President Woodrow Wilson declares war on Germany ]]> 2022-04-01 03:21:53 UTC https://padlet.com/27916613/xwrkwo9gp5ypggm7/wish/2124756365 27916613 https://padlet.com/27916613/xwrkwo9gp5ypggm7/wish/2124761001 -the French army was the largest in the Triple Entente, allowing them to offer assistance to other troops, such as Great Britain and the United States
-France also took the most damage with over 1 million casualties ]]> 2022-04-01 03:25:25 UTC https://padlet.com/27916613/xwrkwo9gp5ypggm7/wish/2124761001 27916613 https://padlet.com/27916613/xwrkwo9gp5ypggm7/wish/2124761418 - after the sinking of the American Lusitania, Germany attempts to secretly contact Mexico, promising the return of the land they'd lost in the Mexican-American War
- America intercepts the message and declares war in 1915
- Germany continued their heavy usage of the U-Boats, sinking the British ship, The Arabic, and an additional 5 American ships
- at the end of the war, the Treaty of Versailles forced Germany to give up its gained territories in Belgium, Poland, and Czechoslovakia and return Alsace-Lorraine to France, and give up its overseas colonies. the treaty also required Germany to reduce its military]]> 2022-04-01 03:25:43 UTC https://padlet.com/27916613/xwrkwo9gp5ypggm7/wish/2124761418 27916613 https://padlet.com/27916613/xwrkwo9gp5ypggm7/wish/2124762015 - declares war on Serbia after the Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by Gavrilo Princip
-quickly gathered allies of smaller nations, which brought lager nations with them for extra protection in the event of a war ]]> 2022-04-01 03:26:12 UTC https://padlet.com/27916613/xwrkwo9gp5ypggm7/wish/2124762015 27916613 https://padlet.com/27916613/xwrkwo9gp5ypggm7/wish/2124762651 -attacks Russia in 1914, enters the war by 1915
-serves as aid to Austria-Hungary]]> 2022-04-01 03:26:44 UTC https://padlet.com/27916613/xwrkwo9gp5ypggm7/wish/2124762651 27916613 https://padlet.com/27916613/xwrkwo9gp5ypggm7/wish/2124762999 -initially enters the war on the side of the Triple Alliance, later switches over to the Triple Entente in promise of new territory]]> 2022-04-01 03:27:05 UTC https://padlet.com/27916613/xwrkwo9gp5ypggm7/wish/2124762999