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January 8, 1918 -
Fourteen Points

World War I broke out in 1914 in Europe, after many years of nationalistic tensions and disputes. Ultimately all of the world's major powers would become involved, with 70 million military personnel engaged. 9 million people were killed in bloody combat. The United States was very hesitant to get involved in the war, but tried to help broker a peace agreement. However, in 1917, after the Germans sank 7 US merchant ships, the US declared war on Germany. On January 8, 1918, President Woodrow Wilson delivered a speech to a joint session of Congress called the "Fourteen Points." The speech was an outline of the United States' war aims, a statement of principles that laid out a policy of the benefits and responsibilities that all signers of a peace agreement would share. The plan called for free trade, the reduction of armaments, and diplomacy and open-meetings between nations, with no more secret behind-closed-doors agreements. It called for the promotion of democracy and the end of colonialism - all nations should be free and allowed the right of self-determination. Finally, it described the creation of a League of Nations to guarantee independence for all countries, and promote peace between nations. Wilson's Fourteen Points were widely distributed throughout Germany to convince the Germans to end the war, and indeed the document was largely the basis for Germany's call for an armistice and peace negotiations in October, 1918. President Wilson received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1919, and although the United States Congress would not allow the US to join, the League of Nations that President Wilson described was created that year and held its first meeting on January 16, 1920.


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MILESTONES

c.380 BC
"Republic"

1215
Magna Carta

1516
"Utopia"

1528
"On Civil Power"

1625
"On The Law
of War and Peace"

1648
Peace of Westphalia

1650-1799
Enlightenment

1689
"Two Treatises of Government"

1762
"Social Contract"

July 4, 1776
US Declaration of Independence

September 17, 1787
US Constitution

August 26, 1789
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

September 25, 1789
US Bill of Rights

1793
Department of Peace

1795
"Perpetual Peace"

May 18, 1899
Hague Peace Conference

1901
Nobel Peace Prize

January 8, 1918
14 Points

June 28, 1919
League of Nations

1933
The New Deal

January 6, 1941
The Four Freedoms

October 24, 1945
The United Nations

August, 1947
World Federalist Movement

December 10, 1948
Universal Declaration of Human Rights

1955
"Let There Be
Peace On Earth"

1956
The Beloved Community

1960-1963
The New Frontier

1963-1969
The Great Society

1970
Earth Day

October 11, 1971
"Imagine"

1981
International Day of Peace

1985
77 Theses on the Care of the Earth

1988
Global Cooperation for a Better World

1991
Earth Constitution

1992
UNESCO
Culture of Peace Programme

1992
"4000 Ideas & Dreams for a Better World"

1995
Earth Magna Charta

1995
"When Corporations Rule The World"

1996
"Peace On Earth Millennium"

1997
Appeal of the Nobel Laureates

1998
"Conscious Evolution"

May 11-15, 1999
Hague Appeal for Peace

January 1, 2000
One Day In Peace

June 29, 2000
The Earth Charter

September, 2000
Millennium Development Goals

January 25-30, 2001
World Social Forum

October, 2001
"Better World Handbook"

2005
Clinton Global Initiative

July 18, 2007
The Elders

September 17, 2011
Occupy Wall Street