DEFINITION Self-determination was a core concept issued in the Fourteen Points by President Woodrow Wilson in 1918 to allow nations to have the right to choose their sovereignty without any external influence.
SIGNIFICANCE In World War I, many leaders used were driven to war by the self-determination of themselves who hoped to make political and economic gains by using the war for a platform for various things. President Wilson implemented this in order to support the right of all nations during the WWI to sovereign their own country.
Self-determination was a core concept issued in the Fourteen Points by President Woodrow Wilson in 1918 to allow nations to have the right to choose their sovereignty without any external influence.
SIGNIFICANCE
In World War I, many leaders used were driven to war by the self-determination of themselves who hoped to make political and economic gains by using the war for a platform for various things. President Wilson implemented this in order to support the right of all nations during the WWI to sovereign their own country.