HIS 121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: David Lloyd George, Article 231 Of The Treaty Of Versailles, Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
29 Mar 2017
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End of world war i november 1918. War to end all wars / the dream of a world without war. Peace-treaties would be open covenants of peace. Every group should be allowed to be their own independent country (democratic governments) free trade between countries. This was the first time an american had a leading world role. After the military was shut down in germany in fall of 1918, the german people turned against the government and overthrew kaiser proclaimed germany would become a democratic republic. New constitution was a model of democracy guaranteeing universal suffrage (including women and a representation of minorities) celebration of czechoslovak independence (nov. 1918) Creation of poland and the baltic states. At chateau de versailles outside of paris in france. Drew up peace terms between germany and the allies. Smaller conferences at saint-germain, the trianon and sevres worked out peace terms with austria, hungary & the ottoman empire.
