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*[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/haighindenburgdespatch.htm Sir Douglas Haig's Hindenburg Line Despatch]<dd></dd>31 May 1917 | *[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/haighindenburgdespatch.htm Sir Douglas Haig's Hindenburg Line Despatch]<dd></dd>31 May 1917 | ||
*[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/espionageact.htm U.S. Espionage Act]<dd></dd>15 June 1917<dd></dd>The act was amended in May 1918 as the [ | *[http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/espionageact.htm U.S. Espionage Act]<dd></dd>15 June 1917<dd></dd>The act was amended in May 1918 as the [[Sedition Act]] and subsequently repealed in 1921. | ||
*[[The Reichstag Peace Resolution]]<dd></dd>19 July 1917<dd></dd>Ignored by the High Command | *[[The Reichstag Peace Resolution]]<dd></dd>19 July 1917<dd></dd>Ignored by the High Command |
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- The Zimmerman Note19 January 1917
- Address of the President of the United States to the Senate22 January 1917Appealing to Europeans for "peace without victory"
- Inaugural Address of President Wilson4 March 1917At the beginning of his second term in office
- The Abdication of Nicholas II15 March 1917 (2 March in the Julian calendar)(Russian facsimile and transcription)
- The Abdication of Nicholas II15 March 1917 (2 March in the Julian calendar)(English translation)
- Announcement of the First Provisional Government16 March 1917 (3 March in the Julian calendar)
- Grand Duke Mikhail's Manifesto16 March 1917 (3 March in the Julian calendar)
- Telegram from the American Consulate in Sweden to the U.S. Secretary of State17 March 1917Forwarding concerns about the Russian revolutionary movement
- The Proclamation of Baghdad
by Lieutenant-General Sir Stanley Maude
19 March 1917 - Telegram from the American Consulate General in Petrograd
to the U.S. Secretary of State20 March 1917Describing local conditions and popular sentiment in Petrograd - Telegram from the American Consulate General in Moscow
to the U.S. Secretary of State20 March 1917Describing local conditions and popular sentiment in Moscow - Lansing's Memorandum of the US Cabinet Meeting20 March 1917
- Wilson's War Message to Congress2 April 1917Asking Congress for a declaration of war
- Senator Norris Opposes U.S. Entry into the War4 April 1917
- Senators Norris and Lafollette Oppose Wilson's War Message4 - 5 April 1917
- Formal U.S. Declaration of War6 April 1917
- "Do Your Bit for America15 April 1917President Wilson's appeal to the American public
- First Battle of the Scarpe (Capture of Vimy Ridge)A collection of various documents, records, and maps. 9 - 14 April 1917
- V. I. Lenin, The April ThesesApril 1917Calling for Soviet control of the Russian state
- Sir Douglas Haig's Hindenburg Line Despatch31 May 1917
- U.S. Espionage Act15 June 1917The act was amended in May 1918 as the Sedition Act and subsequently repealed in 1921.
- The Reichstag Peace Resolution19 July 1917Ignored by the High Command
- Pope Benedict XV's Peace Proposal1 August 1917Ignored by virtually all
- The 27 Articles of T.E. Lawrence20 August 1917
- Lenin's Call to Power24 October 1917Urging that power be seized from the Provisional Government(Leading immediately to the October Revolution)
- Lenin's Decree on Peace26 October 1917Encouraging a widening of the Socialist revolution beyond Russia
- Militarism (1906 monograph by Karl Liebknecht)First American printing of the English translation: October, 1917
- The Balfour Declaration2 November 1917British approval for a Jewish homeland in Palestine
- The Bolshevik Coup d'Etat in Russia As documented in telegrams by Yale's Avalon Project.7 - 22 November 1917
- The Truce of Focsani Between Roumania and the Central Powers9 December 1917(Note: This is a description, not the text itself.)
- The Fall of JerusalemDecember 1917The Ottoman surrender Jerusalem to British control
- Soviet Recognition of Finnish Independence18 December 1917
- Soviet Recognition of the Republic of FinlandAlso available in English translation18 - 23 December 1917
- Sir Douglas Haig's Despatch on the 1917 Campaigns25 December 1917
- Propaganda Leaflets1915 - 1918
- History of Intelligence (B), British Expeditionary Force in FranceJanuary 1917 - April 1919