Fourteen Points

Wilsons plan for peace: *The first four points included an end to secret treaties, freedom of the seas, free trade, and reduced national armies and navies. *The fifth goal was the adjustment of colonial claims with fairness toward colonial peoples. *The sixth through thirteenth points were specific suggestions for changing borders and creating new nations. The guiding idea behind these points was self-determination. This meant allowing people to decide for themselves under what government they wished to live. *the fourteenth point proposed a “general association of nations” that would protect “great and small states alike.” This reflected Wilson’s hope for an organization that could peacefully negotiate solutions to world conflicts.