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	edHelper's suggested reading level:	grades 5 to 7
	Flesch-Kincaid grade level:	7.81

Vocabulary

	challenging words:		Gavrilo, happening, assassin, chauffeur, motorcade, incident, terrorist, anniversary, organization, immediately, fourteenth, attend, leader, reception, advance, government
	content words:		Archduke Francis Ferdinand, Archduke Ferdinand, Saint Vitus, City Hall, Gavrilo Princip, On July, World War

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The Assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand By Sharon Fabian

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¹     Archduke Francis Ferdinand was next in line to be the leader of his country, Austria-Hungary, but not everyone in his country was happy about that. The Serbians living in Bosnia, which had been taken over and made a part of Austria-Hungary, did not want him to be in charge. Nevertheless, Archduke Ferdinand planned a trip to Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia, for the feast day of Saint Vitus. He was warned in advance that this could be a dangerous trip.
 
²     Archduke Ferdinand decided to go anyway. His fourteenth wedding anniversary would take place during the trip, and his wife, Sophie, went with him. Together, they would ride in a royal motorcade through the city of Sarajevo on their way to a reception at City Hall.
 
³     They arrived in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914, with a motorcade of four cars. The Archduke and his wife rode in an open car, the second one in line. Crowds of people lined the streets to see them pass by.

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