AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
TREATY OF VERSAILLES
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Question
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nations/countries respect one another’s borders and do not try to gain one another’s territory or land by force
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merchant (civilian) ships have a right to travel freely and unthreatened in international waters in times of peace and war
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weapons or pieces of equipment used in war
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payment demanded of a nation defeated (losing country) in war by a victorious nation (the winning nation)
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Detailed explanation-1: -freedom of the seas. : the right of a merchant ship to travel any waters except territorial waters either in peace or war.
Detailed explanation-2: -Absolute freedom of navigation upon the seas, outside territorial waters, alike in peace and in war, except as the seas may be closed in whole or in part by international action for the enforcement of international covenants.
Detailed explanation-3: -Article87. Freedom of the high seas. 1. The high seas are open to all States, whether coastal or land-locked. Freedom of the high seas is exercised under the conditions laid down by this Convention and by other rules of international law.
Detailed explanation-4: -The oceans had long been subject to the freedom of-the-seas doctrine-a principle put forth in the 17th century, essentially limiting national rights and jurisdiction over the oceans to a narrow sea belt surrounding a nation’s coastline. The rest of the seas were declared free for all and belonged to none.