paris peace conference- meeting of allied powers to end ww1 and set peace terms for germany and other defeated nations, and to deal with the empires of the defeated powers following armistice of 1918, came out with a series of treaties called Peace of Paris Treaties that reshaaped the europe map and the imposed guilt and financial penalties on germany, in paris in 1919 involved diplomats from more than 29 countries, 4 countries of allied powers italy, us, great britain and france, woodrow wilson represnted us wanted all countries to change 14 points other countries didnt like them because they thought it was too easy on germany on 11/11/18 germany surrended thinking this would be the war ending treaty many of the points did not happen, david george of great britain, georges clemonceau of france, vittorio orlando of italy
wilsons 14 points-
1. An end to secret treaties
2. Freedom of the seas
3. Free trade for all countries
4. Disarmament
5. End to colonial claims
6. Self-determination for all countries- Russia
7. Restoration of Belgium
8. Restoration of France
9. Readjustment of Italy’s boundaries
10. Austria- Hungary would be given opportunity for autonomous development
11. Romania, Serbia, and Montenegro should be evacuated and restored
12. Turkey should be sovereign (independent)
13. Poland would be given their independence
14. The “League of Nations” would be developed
whats the over all goal of these? making sure the world becomes a better place, democracy, and no war happens again
some of the 14 points 1-5 and 14
treaty of versailles- russia lost finland estonia latvia lithuania part to poland and romania, 2 seperate germanys, poland came, austiria hungary became 2 small coutries, romnia got land, yugoslavia, czechoslovakia, teritorial loss- germany lost a lot of land and colonies, military- germanys armies majorly reduced no more than 100,000 men, no tanks subs or air force, limited number of naval ships, River Rhine was a demilitarized zone no german troops or weapons allowed, financial- lost a lot of resources and money from the land they loss, had to pay 33 billion dollars in financial penalties linked to reprecussions, put germany into a depression, forbidden to unite with austria to form a superstate
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