Today in class we talked about world war 1 again.
*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
The 14 points was a speech delivered by president woodrow wilson to congress. the adressw was inteneded to assure the country that the great war was being fought for a moral couse and the postwaer peace in europe other allied countries did not like the 14 points as they thought it was to easy on germany the speech became the basis for the terms of the german surrender as negotioated at the paris peace conference in 1919 the actual treaty of versailles had little to do with the 14 point s and so was never ratified by the us senate.
treaty of versailles territorial the following land was taken away from germany alsace lorraine givent to france wupen and malmedy given to belgium northern schleswig given to denmark hultschin given to czechoslovakia wes prussia posena nd upper silesia given to poland germany lost alot of land to surrounding counties
military germanys army was reduces to 1000000 men the army was not allowed tanks. germany was not allowed an airforce. germany was allowed only 6 capital naval ships and no submarines the west of the rhineland and 50 kms east of the river rhine was made
financial the loss of vital industrial territory would be a severe blow to germanys economy coal from
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