US history timeline
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Updated: 13 Feb 2019
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Created byKristen SIms
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Battle of manila BayBattle of san Juan hillassassination of franz ferinabdGerman troops crossed the border
into the neutral country of BelgiumThe French launched a daring counterattack along
the Marne River east of ParisGerman soldiers fired canisters
of poisonous gas into Allied trenches1,900 passengers and crew boarded
the British luxury ship Lusitania and headed for a war roomLusitania was sunk by torpedoesGerman government announced that the water around
Great Britain would be a war zone
in which Germany would destroy all enemy shipsThe Sussex ship was attacked and killed 80 passengersWilson asked the Allied and the central powers to accept a "peace over victory"America printed excerpts from the telegramWilson asked congress to declare war on GermanySelective Service ActFirst U.S. troops arrived in FranceNerman delegation entered
French territory to begin peace
negotiationsBattle of cantignyBattle of Chateau ThieryWoodrow Wilson presented congress with his "fourteen points"German long-range guns began shelling ParisGerman army crosses the sommeAllied line is brokenGerman Advance stopped at Morevil woodMeeting of the supreme war council of allied leadersUS victory at cantignyGerman's Attack at Chateau-TheirryAllies Launched Counterattack that killed German MoraleAllies Defeat germans at chateau-thierryWilhelm II Resigns military authority to new governmentGermany withdrew forces from Belgium and FranceGermany ended submarine warfareAustria signed that armisticeGermany began negotiations for an armisticeTreaty of Versailles signedGermany signed the armistleUS decalred war on GermnayPeriods
harlem hall fightersBattle of Belleau wood2nd battle of the morneBattle of St. MihielMeuse-Argonne offensiveBattle of Blanc Mont RidgeFlanders offensiveFirst combat mission involving U.S. troops at Bathelement, FranceBattle of Lys
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