The Fourteen Points constituted the proposal exposed by US President Woodrow Wilson, in an speech delivered in 1918, while the peace terms after WWI were negotiated.
In this proposal, Wilson included several domestic progressive principle,s, which he translated into foreign policy (for example: free trade, open agreements, democracy or self-determination). His viewpoints were considered too optimistic and inapplicable in Europe, where the atmosphere was not peaceful at all yet.
Venture Smith. Venture Smith (Birth name: Broteer) (c. 1729 – 1805) was captured when he was a 6 and a half-year-old boy in West Africa and was taken to Anomabo on the Gold Coast (today Ghana) to be sold as a slave. As an adult in Rhode Island (Connecticut), he purchased his freedom and that of his family.
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The shogun controlled foreign policy, the military, and feudal patronage. The role of the Emperor was ceremonial, similar to the position of the Japanese monarchy after the Second World War.
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