3. Wilson’s Fourteen Points - a plan for immediate and long-term peace - 1st-4th Points - end of secret treaties, freedom of the seas, free trade, and reduced armies and navies - 5th Point - adjustment of colonial claims based on fairness to colonial people - 6th-13th Points - changing of borders and the creation of new nations - 14th Point - alliance of all nations to protect each other and negotiate issues amongst nations - many nations, including France and Great Britain, did not approve of Wilson’s plan because they wanted to strip Germany of its military and power Click here to hear the sound of a battleship at sea!
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5. Why the Treaty of Versailles Failed - the American Congress and Americans rejected it (unlike Wilson) because they wanted to stay out of European affairs - Germany felt bitter having to accept blame for the whole war - colonial possessions of the Axis powers were bitter because the Self-Determinism Clause of the Treaty was disregarded as the European victors did not grant them independence and held on to them through the mandate system, or "care-taking" system - other Allied members, such as Italy and Japan, did not gain the extra territory they desired
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