3 Important People

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Franz Ferdinand was the heir to the Austria-Hungarian throne. He was assassinated in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914 which led directly to Austria-Hungary declaring war on Serbia. This led to Germany to back Austria-Hungary and alliances with Serbia to declare war on each other, which is known as World War I. In short, The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand caused World War I.


Woodrow Wilson

Wilson was the President of the United States during World War I and the United State's representative at the Congress of Versailles. He is known for his Fourteen Points address to the U.S. and he tried very hard to incorporate those Fourteen Points into the Treaty of Versailles. He did succeed in getting some of them in there. He is known for having the stand of wanted equal peace for all during the Congress of Versailles.


Georges Clemenceau

Clemenceau was the Prime Minister of France at the end of the first world war and also the representative of France at the Congress of Versailles. He had the famous view of wanting Germany to take all of the blame for World War I, even though Germany was not the first to declare war. Also, he wanted Germany to pay huge reparations to weaken its government.