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<li>[[German Discussions Concerning Unrestricted Submarine Warfare]]<dd>9 January 1917
*[[German Discussions Concerning Unrestricted Submarine Warfare]]
 
:::9 January 1917
<li>[[The Zimmerman Note]]<dd>19 January 1917


<li>[[Address of the President of the United States to the Senate]]<dd>22 January 1917<dd>Appealing to Europeans for "peace without victory"
*[[The Zimmerman Note|The Zimmerman Note - English translation]]
*[[Zimmerman Note - Decoded German Text|The Zimmerman Note - Decoded German Text]]
:::16 January 1917


<li>[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/wilson1917inauguration.htm Inaugural Address of President Wilson]<dd>4 March 1917
*[[Address of the President of the United States to the Senate]]
<dd>At the beginning of his second term in office
:::22 January 1917
:::Appealing to Europeans for "peace without victory"


<li>[http://www.histdoc.net/history/abdic.html The Abdication of Nicholas II]<dd>15 March 1917 (2 March in the Julian calendar)
*[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/wilson1917inauguration.htm Inaugural Address of President Wilson]
<dd>(Russian facsimile and transcription)
:::4 March 1917
:::At the beginning of his second term in office


<li>[[The Abdication of Nicholas II]]<dd>15 March 1917 (2 March in the Julian calendar)<dd>(English translation)
*[http://www.histdoc.net/history/abdic.html The Abdication of Nicholas II]
:::15 March 1917 (2 March in the Julian calendar)
:::(Russian facsimile and transcription)


<li>[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/firstprovgovt.htm Announcement of the First Provisional Government]<dd>16 March 1917 (3 March in the Julian calendar)
*[[The Abdication of Nicholas II]]
:::15 March 1917 (2 March in the Julian calendar)
:::(English translation)


<li>[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/manifestogranddukemikhail.htm Grand Duke Mikhail's Manifesto]<dd>16 March 1917 (3 March in the Julian calendar)
*[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/firstprovgovt.htm Announcement of the First Provisional Government]
:::16 March 1917 (3 March in the Julian calendar)


<li>[http://history.hanover.edu/texts/tel1.html Telegram from the American Consulate in Sweden to the U.S. Secretary of State]<dd>17 March 1917<dd>Forwarding concerns about the Russian revolutionary movement
*[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/manifestogranddukemikhail.htm Grand Duke Mikhail's Manifesto]
:::16 March 1917 (3 March in the Julian calendar)


*[http://history.hanover.edu/texts/tel1.html Telegram from the American Consulate in Sweden to the U.S. Secretary of State]
:::17 March 1917
:::Forwarding concerns about the Russian revolutionary movement


<li>[[1917/procbaghdad.html The Proclamation of Baghdad]]<br>by Lieutenant-General Sir Stanley Maude<br><dd>19 March 1917
*[[The Proclamation of Baghdad]]<br>by Lieutenant-General Sir Stanley Maude
:::19 March 1917


<li>[http://history.hanover.edu/texts/tel2.html Telegram from the American Consulate General in Petrograd  
*[http://history.hanover.edu/texts/tel2.html Telegram from the American Consulate General in Petrograd to the U.S. Secretary of State]
<br>to the U.S. Secretary of State]
:::20 March 1917
<dd>20 March 1917
:::Describing local conditions and popular sentiment in Petrograd
<dd>Describing local conditions and popular sentiment in Petrograd


<li>[http://history.hanover.edu/texts/tel3.html Telegram from the American Consulate General in Moscow
*[http://history.hanover.edu/texts/tel3.html Telegram from the American Consulate General in Moscow to the U.S. Secretary of State]
<br>to the U.S. Secretary of State]
:::20 March 1917
<dd>20 March 1917
:::Describing local conditions and popular sentiment in Moscow
<dd>Describing local conditions and popular sentiment in Moscow


<li>[[cabmtg.html Lansing's Memorandum of the US Cabinet Meeting]]
*[[Lansing's Memorandum of the US Cabinet Meeting]]
<dd>20 March 1917
:::20 March 1917


<li>[[wilswarm.html Wilson's War Message to Congress]]
*[[Wilson's War Message to Congress]]
<dd>2 April 1917
:::2 April 1917
<dd>Asking Congress for a declaration of war
:::Asking Congress for a declaration of war


<li> [[1917/norris.html Senator Norris Opposes U.S. Entry into the War]
*[[Senator Norris Opposes U.S. Entry into the War]]
<dd>4 April 1917
:::4 April 1917


<li> [http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/doc19.htm Senators Norris and Lafollette Oppose Wilson's War Message]
*[http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/doc19.htm Senators Norris and Lafollette Oppose Wilson's War Message]
<dd>4 - 5 April 1917
:::4 - 5 April 1917


<li> [http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/usofficialawardeclaration.htm Formal U.S. Declaration of War]
*[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/usofficialawardeclaration.htm Formal U.S. Declaration of War]
<dd>6 April 1917
:::6 April 1917


<li> [http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/doyourbit.htm "Do Your Bit for America]
*[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/doyourbit.htm "Do Your Bit for America]
<dd>15 April 1917
:::15 April 1917
<dd>President Wilson's appeal to the American public
:::President Wilson's appeal to the American public


<li>[http://www.censol.ca/research/greatwar/ First Battle of the Scarpe (Capture of Vimy Ridge)]
*[http://www.censol.ca/research/greatwar/ First Battle of the Scarpe (Capture of Vimy Ridge)]
<dd>A collection of various documents, records, and maps.  
:::A collection of various documents, records, and maps.  
<dd>9 - 14 April 1917
:::9 - 14 April 1917


<p><li>V. I. Lenin, [http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/apriltheses.htm The April Theses]
*V. I. Lenin, [http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/apriltheses.htm The April Theses]
<dd>April 1917
:::April 1917
<dd>Calling for Soviet control of the Russian state
:::Calling for Soviet control of the Russian state


<li>[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/haighindenburgdespatch.htm Sir Douglas Haig's Hindenburg Line Despatch]
*[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/haighindenburgdespatch.htm Sir Douglas Haig's Hindenburg Line Despatch]
<dd>31 May 1917
:::31 May 1917


<li>[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/espionageact.htm U.S. Espionage Act]
*[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/espionageact.htm U.S. Espionage Act]
<dd>15 June 1917
:::15 June 1917
<dd>The act was amended in May 1918 as the [http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/1918/usspy.html Sedition Act]
:::The act was amended in May 1918 as the [[Sedition Act]] and subsequently repealed in 1921.  
<br> &nbsp; &nbsp; and subsequently repealed in 1921.  


<li>[1917/reichpeace.html The Reichstag Peace Resolution]
*[[The Reichstag Peace Resolution]]
<dd>19 July 1917
:::19 July 1917
<dd>Ignored by the High Command
:::Ignored by the High Command


<li>[1917/popeace.html Pope Benedict XV's Peace Proposal]
*[[Pope Benedict XV's Peace Proposal]]
<dd>1 August 1917
:::1 August 1917
<dd>Ignored by virtually all
:::Ignored by virtually all


<li>[1917/27arts.html The 27 Articles of T.E. Lawrence]
*[[The 27 Articles of T.E. Lawrence]]
<dd>20 August 1917
:::20 August 1917


<li>[1917/socstock.html The Joint Socialist Statement on the Refusal of Passports to Stockholm]
*[[The Joint Socialist Statement on the Refusal of Passports to Stockholm]]
<dd>9 September 1917
:::9 September 1917


<li>[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/calltopower.htm Lenin's Call to Power]
*[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/calltopower.htm Lenin's Call to Power]
<dd>24 October 1917
:::24 October 1917
<dd>Urging that power be seized from the Provisional Government
:::Urging that power be seized from the Provisional Government(leading immediately to the October Revolution)
<dd>(Leading immediately to the October Revolution)


<li> [http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/decreeonpeace.htm Lenin's Decree on Peace]
*[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/decreeonpeace.htm Lenin's Decree on Peace]
<dd>26 October 1917
:::26 October 1917
<dd>Encouraging a widening of the Socialist revolution beyond Russia
:::Encouraging a widening of the Socialist revolution beyond Russia


<li>[1917/liebknecht/liebTC.html <i>Militarism</i>]
*[[Militarism | ''Militarism'']]
<dd> (1906 monograph by Karl Liebknecht)
:::(1906 monograph by Karl Liebknecht)
<dd> First American printing of the English translation: October, 1917
:::First American printing of the English translation: October, 1917


<li>[1917/balfour.html The Balfour Declaration]
*[[The Balfour Declaration]]
<dd>2 November 1917
:::2 November 1917
<dd>British approval for a Jewish homeland in Palestine
:::British approval for a Jewish homeland in Palestine


<li>[http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/diplomacy/forrel/1918rv1/ch5menu.htm
*[http://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/ch5menu.asp The Bolshevik <i>Coup d'Etat</i> in Russia]
The Bolshevik <i>Coup d'Etat</i> in Russia]
:::As documented in telegrams by Yale's Avalon Project.
<dd> As documented in telegrams by Yale's Avalon Project.
:::7 - 22 November 1917
<dd>7 - 22 November 1917


<li>[http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/focsani.htm  
*[http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/focsani.htm The Truce of Focsani Between Roumania and the Central Powers]
The Truce of Focsani Between Roumania and the Central Powers]
:::9 December 1917
<dd>9 December 1917
:::Note: This is a description, not the text itself.)
<dd>(Note: This is a description, not the text itself.)


<li>[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/jerusalemdecree.htm  
*[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/jerusalemdecree.htm The Fall of Jerusalem]
The Fall of Jerusalem]
:::December 1917
<dd>December 1917
:::The Ottoman surrender Jerusalem to British control
<dd>The Ottoman surrender Jerusalem to British control


<li>[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/finland1917.htm Soviet Recognition of Finnish Independence]
*[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/finland1917.htm Soviet Recognition of Finnish Independence]
<dd>18 December 1917
:::18 December 1917


<li> [http://www.histdoc.net/history/ru/itsen.html Soviet Recognition of the Republic of Finland]
*[http://www.histdoc.net/history/ru/itsen.html Soviet Recognition of the Republic of Finland]
<dd>Also [http://www.histdoc.net/history/itsen2.html available in English translation]
:::Also [http://www.histdoc.net/history/itsen2.html available in English translation]
<dd>18 - 23 December 1917
:::18 - 23 December 1917


<li>[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/haigcampaign1917despatch.htm  
*[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/haigcampaign1917despatch.htm Sir Douglas Haig's Despatch on the 1917 Campaigns]
Sir Douglas Haig's Despatch on the 1917 Campaigns]
:::25 December 1917
<dd>25 December 1917


<li>[1915/propleaf.html Propaganda Leaflets]
*[[Propaganda Leaflets]]
<dd>1915 - 1918
:::1915 - 1918


<li>[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/haig_despatches.htm  
*[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/haig_despatches.htm Sir Douglas Haig's Despatches as British Commander-in-Chief]
Sir Douglas Haig's Despatches as British Commander-in-Chief]
:::1916 - 1919
<dd>1916 - 1919


<li>[[secret.html History of Intelligence (B), British Expeditionary Force in France]  
*[[History of Intelligence (B), British Expeditionary Force in France]]
<dd>January 1917  - April 1919
:::January 1917  - April 1919


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