The Fourteen Points, the proposals of President Woodrow Wilson, were designed to establish the basis for a just and lasting peace following the victory of the Allies in World War I. The proposals were contained in Wilson's address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress in January of 1918, detailing his plans for worldwide reforms. The ideas expressed in them were widely acclaimed and gave Wilson a position of moral leadership among the Allied leaders.
[...] The first five points dealt with general problems: open covenants of peace were to be openly arrived at and in the public view; freedom on the sea was assured; all economic barriers were to be removed; national armaments were to be reduced; and colonial claims were to be adjusted according to impartial standards of justice” (Mee 11). The next eight points dealt with specific issues: how to deal with Russia and Belgium, Alsace-Lorraine should be returned to France, a “readjustment of the frontiers of Italy should be effected along clearly recognizable lines of nationality,” the people of Austria-Hungary should be granted freedom to develop their government, Rumania, Serbia, and Montenegro should be evacuated, the Turkish portions of the Ottoman Empire should be assured a “secure sovereignty,” and an independent Polish nation was to be established (Duffy 2). [...]
[...] The Fourteen Points The Fourteen Points, the proposals of President Woodrow Wilson, were designed to establish the basis for a just and lasting peace following the victory of the Allies in World War I. The proposals were contained in Wilson's address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress in January of 1918, detailing his plans for worldwide reforms. The ideas expressed in them were widely acclaimed and gave Wilson a position of moral leadership among the Allied leaders. At the end of World War the European countries remained hostile to one another. [...]
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