Fourteen Points – President Wilson’s goals for peace after World War I
· an end to secret agreements among nations
· freedom of the seas, free trade, and a limit on arms
· allow national groups self-determination
· formation of a League of Nations in order to protect the independence of all nations and settle international disputes
- Germany was forced to:
· take full blame for the war
· completely disarm
· pay huge reparations to the Allies
· give up it’s colonies to the Allies
·* Germany was an angry, humiliated nation, setting the stage for World War II.
- Based on the goal of self-determination, many new nations were formed.
Examples: Finland, Poland, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia
- The Allies agreed to form the League of Nations.
