German sailors refuse orders to go and fight the British Workers and soldiers take over Kiel and other ports. OCT 1918 THE KIEL MUTINY THE REVOLT SPREADS.

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German sailors refuse orders to go and fight the British Workers and soldiers take over Kiel and other ports. OCT 1918 THE KIEL MUTINY THE REVOLT SPREADS Cities throughout Germany join the revolt The Spartacus League demand a Communist system of Government The Socialists demand the Kaisers abdication

9 th NOV ABDICATION OF THE KAISER The army withdraws its support for the Kaiser He abdicates and flees to Holland 9 TH NOV GERMANY IS DECLARED A REPUBLIC 11 th NOV THE ARMISTICE Germany agrees to end WW1 SPARTACISTS DEFEATED Ebert’s new government deals with the Communist threat

JAN 1919 NATIONAL ELECTIONS Ebert’s party are voted as the largest single party in Germany FEB 1919 FOUNDATION OF THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC The new parliament meets at Weimar, a town in southern Germany to draw up the new constitution. Ebert is elected as the first president of the Weimar Republic