LAD 25: Wilson 14 points

Written as a post-war recommendation for Europe and the rest of the world, Wilson's Fourteen Points were the original and influencer of the Treaty of Versailles. Wilson delivered his speech to Congress containing the Fourteen Points on January 8th, 1918. Wilson ended the introduction to the Fourteen Points in his speech by proclaiming why the United States had entered the war, which was because of a "violations of right had occurred." He continued on to his Fourteen points which were very ideal. They included ideas such as, freedom of seas, no secret alliances and enforcement of diplomacy, free trade, reduction of arms across the world, and that colonies should be freed. He continued to list specific nations whose colonies should become independent. Including Russian territories, the French colonies, Italy, restoration of Belgium, and developing Austria-Hungary, free Serbia, sovereignty in Turkish part of Ottoman Empire, and a free Polish state. He concluded by praising the justice that America shall give and by describing his idea of a League of Nations.