(A) ** Self-determination should be applied to nations
(B) Military strength offers a nation’s best security
(C) Isolationism should guide a nation’s relations
(D) Industrial nations should have equal access to colonial possessions
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Concept note-1: -Wilson’s Fourteen Points were based on a major idea-the principle of self-determination, under which nationalities would have their own states.
Concept note-2: -During World War I, U.S. President Woodrow Wilson promoted the concept of “self-determination, ” meaning that a nation-a group of people with similar political ambitions-can seek to create its own independent government or state.
Concept note-3: -An independent Polish state should be erected which should include the territories inhabited by indisputably Polish populations, which should be assured a free and secure access to the sea, and whose political and economic independence and territorial integrity should be guaranteed by international covenant. XIV.
Concept note-4: -’ The points have specific provisions dealing with Russia/Belgium/France (including the Alsace-Lorraine), Italy/Austria-Hungary, Balkan nations/Turkey (and the Dardanelles), the formation of an independent Polish state.
Concept note-5: -The Fourteen Points were a proposal made by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson in a speech before Congress on January 8, 1918, outlining his vision for ending World War I in a way that would prevent such a conflagration from occurring again.