To what extent can the treaty of versailles be deemed “harsh and shortsighted” Introduction The treaty of Versailles was constructed by a series of punishments that Germany was required to carry out‚ as a consequence for their input in the war and the destruction they caused on the Allies. Germany was made to accept and declare the fact that she was to blame. This was under the war guilt clause‚ that was used as a justification for the consecutive terms of the treaty that were to be imposed‚
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January in 1919 saw the Palace of Versailles play host to a meeting of the world’s superpowers. Woodrow Wilson of the United States‚ Lloyd George of the United Kingdom‚ and Georges Clemenceau of France were all present to re-draw the map of the world‚ introducing a highly controversial treaty that protected their interests‚ but pointed all blame to the ‘Triple Alliance‚’ consisting of Germany‚ Austria-Hungary and Italy. The Treaty of Versailles is the peace treaty that directly affects and ended the
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The Treaty of Versailles was the most important peace treaty that brought World War One to an end. The treaty was signed on June 18‚ 1919‚ in the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles. The terms ordered Germany to take full responsibility of WW1 and the allies imposed reparations for war damage. This left German’s outraged at their Government‚ the country became very weak‚ with no real future. However‚ the ‘Big Three’‚ Britain‚ France‚ and America showed a total lack of empathy as they were
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The pact of Versailles was fairly negative to Germany on the grounds that it destroyed their economy even more. The terms for the treaty had been for Germany to take responsibility for their actions. The treaty of Versailles called to take away German territories and colonies‚ reduce Germany’s armed forces‚ make them disarm and to also have them pay reparations to the allies for the damage caused by the war. Germany’s economy was already in a bad shape and the 6‚600 million pounds they had to pay
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Fourteen Points into the Treaty of Versailles. His Fourteen Points outlined changes to be made to countries involved in the war and the world in general‚ to help prevent future wars. However‚ Wilson became too attached to one of his points and sacrificed most of the others for this point. When the treaty was finished‚ Germany‚ who had not been allowed to participate in negotiations‚ was appalled and angry that they saw almost none of Wilson’s Fourteen Points in the Treaty of Versailles. Woodrow Wilson’s
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APUS Period 7 March 8‚ 2010 The Treaty of Paris In the late nineteenth century‚ America was involved in an insurrection called the Spanish American War. Trying to end the fighting‚ a small group was sent to negotiate a treaty with Spain. The treaty called for the surrender of Puerto Rico‚ Guam and the Philippines to the United States. However‚ not everyone advocated this treaty. There were many factors that were debated during the ratification of the Treaty of Paris. The deciding factors
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Final BCR I learned from the simulation that making decisions on the Treaty of Versailles is a very hard decision since the Countries of America‚ France and Britain have very different points of view on how harsh Germany should be punished. Each country has different points of view of how Germany should be punished for World War 1 because each of the countries were affected by Germany differently. For example‚ France wanted to punish Germany very harshly because Germany caused the most damage
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The Treaty of Versailles did more to harm the peace than support it because of reparations and imperialism. According to TCI‚ pg 318‚ “In addition‚ the treaty required Germany to pay $33 billion in reparations to the Allies. Reparations are payments demanded of a defeated nation by the victor in a war to offset the cost of the war. Germans resented both the war-guilt clause and the reparations‚ rightly fearing that the payments would cripple their economic recovery from the war.” This was a problem
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After World War I was fought the Treaty of Versailles was created and signed. Several things were accomplished with this treaty; the main accomplishment‚ in my opinion‚ being the economically crippling reparations placed upon Germany. The first step in economically damaging Germany was by using this treaty to assign sole reasonability of causing World War I on the shoulders of Germany. By allocating the blame to all of Germany the victors could force Germany to accept responsibility for all the damage
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Why was Germany unhappy with the Treaty of Versailles? The Treaty of Versailles was the treaty that made peace between the countries involved in World War 1. These countries included Austria-Hungary‚ Britain‚ France‚ Germany and United States of America. In the treaty‚ Germany lost a lot of land‚ which made a big blow on their empire. Germany’s ambry was limited to 100‚000 troops‚ as the French were scared of being invaded from the border. Also the Rhineland zone‚ where the Rhine River flows
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