What are the Fourteen Points?

2. Freedom of the Seas 9. Redrawing of Italian frontiers

3. Removal of economic barriers 10. Division of Austria-Hungary

4. Reduction of armaments 11. Redrawing of Balkan boundaries

5. Adjustment of colonial claims 12. Limitations on Turkey

6. Conquered territories in Russia 13. Establishment of an independent Poland

7. Preservation of Belgian sovereignty 14. Creation of an Association of Nations

The Fourteen Points were based on the principle of justice to all people and nationalities. In the first five points, Wilson proposed to eliminate the general causes of the war through disarmament, free trade, freedom of the seas, impartial adjustment to colonial claims, and the adoption of open diplomacy in Europe instead of secret agreements. Wilson set out specific goals that he wanted to achieve through the war. Through this speech and the Fourteen Points, Wilson became the only leader of the countries fighting in the war to publicly outline his war goals.