On January 8th, 1918 President Woodrow Wilson gave a speech informing the world of his 14 point plan for world peace where he promoted ending the war with "peace without victory". These 14 points became known as Wilson’s 14 Points.  The plan was created by a team called “The Inquiry” which consisted of 150 political and social scientists. In his speech about the 14 points, Wilson discussed many different topics. The topics consisted of, free navigation among the seas, no more economic barriers between countries, the discouragement of secret agreements between nations and he also presented the League of Nations to prevent further conflict (these are only a few of Wilson’s 14 points).

Wilson’s 14 Points were only partly accepted. He believed that no country should be blamed because he wanted to prevent another World War from breaking out and thought that blame would not help create peace and would encourage animosity amongst countries. However, the other Allies thought Germany should be punished for their crimes. Wilson’s 14 Points were partly the basis of peace agreements made after the war, including the Treaty of Versailles. Wilson provided a blueprint for world peace. The points opened up new opportunities for new ideas of spreading peace.