Woodrow Wilson's "Fourteen Points" were designed to provide a blueprint for world peace that was to be used for peace negotiatio
ns after World War I. How was his address received by British leader David Lloyd George and French leader Georges Clemenceau? A) Both European leaders supported Wilson's platform without any reservations.
B) Both leaders rejected Wilson's platform, believing that it would give the United States an unfair advantage in world affairs.
C) The European leaders welcomed the idea of a "League of Nations" and agreed to provide for its creation in the Treaty of Versailles.
D) Both European leaders were more interested in punishing the Germans through reparations and loss of territory than in preventing another world war.
The answer is: D) Both European leaders were more interested in punishing the Germans through reparations and loss of territory than in preventing another world war.
Explanation:
British Prime Minister, Lloyd George, and the French Premier, Clemenceau, wanted to push forward the demands. Lloyd George won an election in 1918, under the banner of 'making the Germans pay'.
French wanted to look for security against future German attacks and look for them to repair all the damage caused in northern France.
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Answer: Jefferson was not among the founding fathers who gathered in Philadelphia; he was in Paris serving as minister to France. John Adams was also abroad, serving as minister to Great Britain.
I don’t know if this helps but I found a Wikipedia page with lots of useful information. Sorry I couldn’t give a straight up answer but I haven’t gone over this in class.
