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After World War I, European leaders wanted to punish Germany for decimating the lands of the other European countries as well as for the lives lost. The United States was never under any real threat and the land was not affected.
The French and the British leaders didn't like Wilson's 14 Points.
In 1914, when war broke out among numerous European nations, President Wilson's reaction was very much the same as that of most Americans at the time. In general, Americans considered the European conflict to be outside of American interest; indeed, the war was seen in some sense as "beneath" America dignity, and America, it was thought, will quite rightly stay out of the sad affair.
Woodrow Wilson - US President
Woodrow Wilson, Georges Clemenceau and David Lloyd George
England and France opposed the Fourteen Points because they disagreed on freedom of the seas and war reparations, respectively.
After World War I, European leaders wanted to punish Germany for decimating the lands of the other European countries as well as for the lives lost. The United States was never under any real threat and the land was not affected.
Woodrow Wilson was President.
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Avoid the European war.
The US wanted to remain in isolation because President Wilson thought that the European issues should stay within the European countries. Wilson figured that if the countries dealt with their own issues then a world war wouldn't happen. Unfortunately, President Wilson couldn't keep the US out of the European issues.
President Wilson had a stroke. It was kept a secret.
A big reason European leaders opposed most of president Wilson's peace plans is that those plans didn't require Germany to pay for World War I damage. European countries felt that Germany should be punished for the harm caused to them.
In a statement given on January 8,1918, US president Woodrow Wilson gave fourteen points agenda, in which he claimed that WWI was fought for moral reasons and also called for peace in Europe after the war. European leaders had a generally favorable response to Woodrow Wilson's fourteen points. However, main allies like France, Britain and Italy considered this vision impracticable.
to protect american investments and guard against European aggression
In 1915, President Wilson sent Marines to Haiti to occupy the country because of civil disturbances.