To limit the #s of warship they built.
The leaders of the Washington Conference hoped to attain naval disarmament among the world's major powers
world leaders agreed to limit construction of large warships.
From November 1921 until February 1922.
The Washington Naval Conference took place in Washington, DC, in 1921-1922. The world's largest naval powers gathered to discuss naval disarmament and ways to relieve growing tensions in East Asia.
President Warren G. Harding sponsored the Washington Treaty for Naval Disarmament. The conference took place in June of 1921.
Warren Harding called the Washington Disarmament Conference (otherwise known as the Washington Naval Conference) from 1921 - 1922. It was outside the League of Nations, attended by 9 countries regarding interest in the Pacific Ocean and East Asia. It was the first arms control conference in history and was considered a model for success in the disarmament movement.
The Washington Naval Conference discussed global disarmament and Pacific security. This was through the signing of the Kellogg Briand pact.
The Five-Power Naval Treaty. These questions are so helpful to AP History students.
Germany was not invited to the Washington naval Conference because it was a defeated central power in World War I. Germany, along with the Soviet Union and other defeated central powers were omitted from the conference of Allied nations. The conference discussed naval disarmament and the growing tension in East Asia and the Pacific.
Five Power Naval Treaty
To limit the #s of warship they built.
There were three treaties signed at the Washington Naval Conference (1922), also called the Washington Disarmament Conference. The Five-Power Treaty was also known as the Washington Treaty for Naval Disarmament or simply the Washington Naval Treaty. The conference was called by US President Warren G. Harding to address the arms race among European and Asian powers. There were invited representatives from the US, Japan, China, France, Britain, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Portugal. The Soviet Union (Russia) was not included. The conference ended with three treaties: the Four-Power, Five-Power, and Nine-Power treaties. Among other things, they restricted some signatory nations to limits on the size and number of battleships, and led to new agreements on the status of China. There were follow-on treaties from the London Naval Conference (1930). Japan observed the treaties until 1936, after which it invaded China in 1937. The Nine-Power Conference in Brussels (1937) unsuccessfully tried to end that conflict.