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Outline and summarize the treaty, its participants and the effects it had on the post war world.
The Treaty of Versailles was signed after World War I to force Germany into reparations, and guilt for the war. The Treaty was signed at the Palace of Versailles on June 28, 1919 and went into effect on January 10, 1920. The participants of the treaty were the USA, France, Italy, Britain, other Allies and Germany. American president Wilson wanted no reparations forced on Germany, but the implications of his fourteen points. The fourteen points called for moderate punishment for Germany, both economical and territorial, in the hope the approach would help Germany by allowing them to set up a democratic government. Wilson also had the hope that lenient treatment of Germany would prevent them from starting another war out of bitterness. The other Allied leaders were not interested in accepting Wilson's points, however, and the only thing that came out of Wilson's recommendations was the formation of the League of Nations, an organization put in place to outlaw war. French leader Clemenceau wanted to punish Germany by crippling them economically, territorially and militarily. Britain PM Lloyd George privately claimed harsh treatment of Germany would raise problems later, but publicly he proclaimed they would pay. He wanted to leave Germans with enough resources to trade, but not start another war. Italy and Japan were primarily interested in territorial gains, while the newly formed Weimar government, who were not allowed to negotiate the treaty's points, represented Germany. The Treaty's points covered that Germany would lose territory, so East Prussia was separated from the rest of Germany by the Polish Corridor and their new colonial empire would be removed from the new Germany territory. All overseas colonies were removed from German control as well. The Allies seized control of the German merchant ships and railway to prevent...
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