WW1 was the first war that was truly global, for the war that started in Europe also affected nation's in the Asias as well as the Americas. With the subcontinent and a whole different continent combined, and with most of the world's country in the war, it can be described as the world's first world war.
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Freedom is what pulled them to America
They went to war to break away from the British government and finally be recognized as an independent country
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