What events started World War 1?

Answer 1

AnswerThe assassination of Franz Ferdinad, Archduke of Austria, whilst touring Sarajevo, Bosnia. He and his wife Sophie were shot and killed by a Serbian nationalist named Gavrilo Princip.by a organization called the black hand.

Answer 2

• the sinking of the Lusitania by a German warship. sometimes they attacked ships without thinking. ( the Lusitania was a British passenger liner.)

• March 1916 Germans attacked the Sussex (the Sussex was a french passenger ship, Americans were also on it and 80 of them died.) afterwards Woodrow Wilson declared that Germany was not to attack anymore nonmilitary ships.

• The Zimmermann Note ( a secret telegram sent to Mexico by a German foreign minister named Arthur Zimmermann, it was then later decoded and then published by American newspapers in March 1917.In the telegram, it offered Mexico a return of territory in exchange for declaring war on the united states.
• The American republic was outraged by this action so President Wilson asked congress to declare war on Germany. Congress declared war on April 6, 1917.

Answer 3

Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

Answer 4

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand