What were the motives and aims of the big three at Versailles?
Aims and motives have their differences. A motive is what drives someone to do something and an aim is what someone wants to get. The big three in Versailles had their own separate motives and nearly all different aims. The big three consisted of: Great Britain, France and USA.
The USA’s aims and motives were:
- Lasting world peace
- Woodrow Wilson had a strong belief in self determination
Woodrow Wilson had a 14 point target to gain out of the war they were
- There should be no secret deals or treaties between states.
- Countries should be free to send ships anywhere in the world without interference.
- There should be free trade between countries.
- The level of armaments should be reduced in each country.
- The future of colonies should be reviewed and the wishes of local people taken into consideration.
- Other countries should leave Russian territory.
- The Germans should leave Belgium.
- Alsace and Lorrain should be returned to France.
- The Italian borders should be adjusted to bring all Italian speakers into Italy as far as possible.
- The different peoples Austria-Hungary should be given their freedom.
- Invading armies should leave the Balkan states.
- Non-Turkish people in the Turkish Empire should have their own government.
- An independent Poland should be set up. Poland should have access to the sea.
- A league of nations should be set up to preserve the future peace of the world. (They suggested this strongly yet never joined. How weird.)
