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Wilson's fourteen points were listed in a speech delivered by President Woodrow Wilson on January eighth nineteen eighteen, explaining to Congress and the nation the WW1 as being fought for just a cause. It also set the foundations for peace plans and was the basis for the German armistice. The fourteen points are: 1.International diplomacy proceeds without secrets. 2.Seas will be free to travel by all vessels unless to I force national covenants. 3.All economic barriers will be removed and countries consenting to the peace will trade under equal conditions. 4.All weaponry in all countries will be reduced to a point to only maintain adequate national security. 5.All colonial claims will be dealt with impartial judgement that takes into account the wishes of both the concerned populations and the governments exercising sovereignty over them. 6.All nations, militarily and politically, will evacuate Russia and leave it to develop on its own. 7.Belgium should be left with the extent of sovereignty it enjoyed before the beginning of the war, lest international law be forever impaired. 8.All French territory should be liberated and restored to France,and the wrong-doing by Prussians in Alsace-Lorraine in 1871should be reserved. 9.The borders of Italy will be realigned along clearly recognizable lines of nationality. 10The people of Austria-Hungary should be allowed to have autonomous development. 11.The Balkan states should have self determination and guaranteed peace. 12.The Turkish people should be ruled by the Turkish government exclusively. 13.A secure independent polish state should be created that has access to the sea and is protected by international conventions. 14.An association of nations should be created to preserve the independence of states.

The Fourteen Points were based on "the principle of justice to all peoples and nationalities". In the first five points (1-5), President Wilson proposed to eliminate the general causes of the war through disarmament, free trade, freedom of the seas, impartial adjustment of colonial claims, and the adoption of open diplomacy in Europe instead of secret agreements. The next eight points (6-13) Wilson addressed the right of self-determination to "freely to determine, without external interference, their political status and to pursue their economic, social and cultural systems, without interference in any form by another State". Points 6-13 also required the Central Powers to evacuate all of the countries invaded during the war, including France, Russia and Belgium. Point 14 called for the creation of a “general association of nations” known as the League of Nations.

Sources: https://quizlet.com/4079633/wilsons-fourteen-points-flash-cards/

http://www.american-historama.org/1913-1928-ww1-prohibition-era/fourteen-points.htm