On June 1914 group of six Austrians gather to assassinate Archduck but failed. The reaction among the people in Australia was mild and indifferent. This was the trigger to World War I. Russia declared mobilization in a month. Germany declare war on Russia a month later in August. While Japan entered the war on the side of allies on 23August. France began full mobilization on 1 August and on 3 August Germany declared war on France. Belgium and Luxembourg dead soon without struggle.
The Americans resented their mistreatment (taxation without representation) after the French & Indian War, but they had won and weren't involved in a war in 1775. The Russians were reeling from their 1905 loss to the Japanese and they were suffering from WW1 in 1917.
<span>The americans rebelled against King George III, who was depicted as a tyrant, although he wasn't really all that bad. The Russians rebelled against Czr Nicholas II, who was quite a tyrant. </span>
<span>By July 1776 the Americans wanted independence and self-rule; by November 1917 the Russians wanted a worker-run state and self-rule. </span>
<span>American leaders were mostly wealthy landowners and businessmen; Russian leaders were a middle-class lawyer (Lenin), newspaper writer (Trotsky) and a bank-robber/soldier (Stalin).</span>
July 4: The Philippines gains independence from the United States, and begins fighting communist Huk rebels (Hukbalahap Rebellion). I hope I could help! :)
<span>The French would control putting American trade at risk.</span>