Why was Woodrow Wilsons 14 points important?

Answer 1

Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points was a speech given to the American Congress in January,1918.

It suggested:

1. No more secret agreements ("Open covenants openly arrived at").

2. Free navigation of all seas.

3. An end to all economic barriers between countries.

4. Countries to reduce weapon numbers.

5. All decisions regarding the colonies should be impartial

6. The German Army is to be removed from Russia. Russia should be left to develop

her own political set-up.

7. Belgium should be independent like before the war.

8. France should be fully liberated and allowed to recover Alsace-Lorraine

9. All Italians are to be allowed to live in Italy. Italy's borders are to "along

clearly recognisable lines of nationality."

10. Self-determination should be allowed for all those living in Austria-Hungary.

11. Self-determination and guarantees of independence should be allowed for

the Balkan states.

12. The Turkish people should be governed by the Turkish government. Non-Turks in

the old Turkish Empire should govern themselves.

13. An independent Poland should be created which should have access to the sea.

14. A League of Nations should be set up to guarantee the political and territorial independence of all states.

They were important because it was to spread peace and to unite all nations.

Answer 2

Because Wilson was trying to stop the war to have peace instead of fighting.