Events Unfold in 1914

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📅 Part 1: Sequencing the Crisis

1. Read the eight events below. Number them 1-8 in chronological order from 28 June to 4 August 1914:

___ Germany declares war on Russia

___ Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia

___ Franz Ferdinand and Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo

___ Britain declares war on Germany after Germany invades Belgium

___ Austria-Hungary issues Serbia a demanding ultimatum

___ Germany declares war on France

___ Russia orders general mobilisation

___ Germany invades Belgium

2. Draw arrows between events to show cause and consequence connections:

3. Identify and annotate TWO government decisions that increased the likelihood of wider war:

📜 Part 2: Primary Source Analysis

4. Read these two primary source extracts:

Source A: Austrian Ultimatum to Serbia, 23 July 1914

"The Serbian Government shall undertake to suppress any publication which incites to hatred and contempt of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy... The Serbian Government shall undertake to dissolve immediately the organisation called 'Narodna Odbrana'... The Serbian Government shall accept the collaboration in Serbia of representatives of the Austro-Hungarian Government for the suppression of the subversive movement directed against the territorial integrity of the Monarchy."

Source B: German Declaration of War on Russia, 1 August 1914

"Russia having ordered the mobilisation of her entire army and navy, thereby adopting a threatening attitude towards Germany, and having refused to give a satisfactory reply to the demand for the cessation of these military preparations, Germany is compelled to mobilise her armed forces... Germany therefore considers herself in a state of war with Russia."

5. Complete the source analysis for ONE of the sources above:

Word Bank: ultimatum, mobilisation, alliance, declaration, invasion, threatening, suppression, territorial

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What it reveals: ________________________________

What it may leave out: ________________________________

6. Final Question: Was the assassination the main cause of war, or a trigger within a tense system? Explain using two dated events and one source detail:

Events Leading to War

Events Unfold in 1914

📅 Part 1: Sequencing the Crisis

📜 Part 2: Primary Source Analysis

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