History 1404E Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Future Wars, Fasces, Secret Treaties
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Versailles and the paris peace settlement: a peace to. Turned europe into a continent of debtors. Everyone was in debt when before the war, they were the richest. Resulted in the rearrangement of the map. (europe, asia and africa) Leaders from a bunch of countries were there, but only the leaders of the big allied countries mattered. First president to travel to europe while president. Believes that his views were the only right ones. Didn"t talk to people, lectured people instead. Had brought the us into the war in order to in uence the post war events. Viewed peace conference as a chance to make the world safe for democracy . Autonomous development (self-determination) for the peoples of austria- Establishment of international borders along clearly recognized lines: hungarian live in hungary, indians live in india, etc, 14) a general association of nations" to resolve international disputes and prevent future wars. League of nations (grandfather of the united nations)
