The 14 Points
The Fourteen points was a speech given by United States President Woodrow WilsonThe speech was intended to assure the country war was being fought for a moral cause
These points helped in repairing the damage done by Germany
These points helped in repairing the damage done by Germany
- There should be no secret alliances between countries
- Freedom of the seas in peace and war
- The reduction of trade barriers among nations
- The general reduction of armaments
- The adjustment of colonial claims in the interest of the inhabitants as well as of the colonial powers
- The evacuation of Russian territory and a welcome for its government to the society of nations
- The restoration of Belgian territories in Germany
- The evacuation of all French territory, including Alsace-Lorraine
- The readjustment of Italian boundaries along clearly recognizable lines of nationality
- Independence for various national groups in Austria-Hungary
- The restoration of the Balkan nations and free access to the sea for Serbia
- Protection for minorities in Turkey and the free passage of the ships of all nations through the Dardanelles
- Independence for Poland, including access to the sea
- A league of nations to protect "mutual guarantees of political independence and territorial integrity to great and small nations alike."