Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points (indirectly)

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Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points was a 1918 statement of principles for peace and national self-determination proposed by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson at the end of World War I, which influenced anti-colonial and independence movements worldwide.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf diplomatic program
peace proposal
policy speech
addressedTo United States Congress
belligerent nations of World War I
aim national self-determination
peace after World War I
reform of international relations
author Woodrow Wilson
calledFor autonomous development of non-Turkish peoples of the Ottoman Empire
autonomous development of the peoples of Austria-Hungary
independent Polish state with access to the sea
restoration of Belgian sovereignty
return of Alsace-Lorraine to France
context end of World War I
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
date 1918-01-08
historicalPeriod World War I
influenced Covenant of the League of Nations
surface form: League of Nations Covenant

Paris Peace Conference
Treaty of Versailles
surface form: Treaty of Versailles debates

anti-colonial movements
independence movements worldwide
keyPrinciple creation of a general association of nations
evacuation of occupied territories
freedom of the seas
impartial adjustment of colonial claims
open diplomacy
reduction of armaments
removal of economic barriers
self-determination for nationalities
language English
legacy reference point in international law and diplomacy
symbol of self-determination rhetoric
motivatedBy desire for a just and lasting peace
numberOfPoints 14
placePresented Washington, D.C.
presentedAs address to a joint session of the United States Congress
proposedBy Woodrow Wilson
proposedCreationOf League of Nations
regionAddressed Austro-Hungarian Empire
surface form: Austria-Hungary

Balkans
Belgium
Europe
France
Italy
Ottoman Empire
Poland
Russia
typeOfPeace peace without victory

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Paris Peace Conference appliesDoctrine Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points (indirectly)
this entity surface form: Fourteen Points
Covenant of the League of Nations influencedBy Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points (indirectly)
this entity surface form: Fourteen Points of Woodrow Wilson
March 1st Movement inspiredBy Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points (indirectly)
Woodrow Wilson knownFor Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points (indirectly)
this entity surface form: Fourteen Points
Woodrow Wilson administration notablePolicy Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points (indirectly)
this entity surface form: Fourteen Points peace program