Friday! December 3rd

All major powers in the war were part of the Treaty Versailles except Russia, THe countries were Italy, Britain. US and France. President Wilson wanted to pass a treaty called Wilson's Fourteen Points. These points wanted all countries to change, but a other countries just wanted to punish Germany, and blame it all on them. Hardly any of his 14 points were accepted by other countries. The 14 points were made to end all wars from then on. 1 no secret treaties, 2 freedom of the seas travel freely on the seas, 3 free trade for all countries, 4 militarism all countries need to reduce military size, 5 no colonies, give all colonies freedom, 6 Let countries decide their own fate, 7-12 restore countries that were destroyed, free turkey and so on, 13 free Poland, 14 create league of nations. In the Treaty of Versailles made Germany lose a whole lot of land. Russia received all the land they lost earlier in the war. It also limited the size of Germanys military to just 100 thousand people. Germany had to pay back money to Great Britain and France.
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