Treaty Of Versailles Effects On Germany

The main cause of World War One is the Treaty of Versailles, this treaty was made by David Lloyd George of Great Britain, Georges Clemenceau of France, and Woodrow Wilson of the United States (also known as the “Big Three”). The three ways that the Treaty of Versailles effected Germany can be put into the social science perspectives which are geographical, political, and economical. This treaty effected Germany geographically by taking lots of land from Germany that made them lose a lot of money. From the political standpoint Germany was an outsider in all the decisions being made in the world and none of the countries trusted or stood by Germany at this time. Economically Germany was blamed for the war in the Treaty of Versailles document, Germany had to pay for all the damages from World War One. This made Germany get into more debt that it already was from the actual war itself in its own country. . …show more content…
The Treaty of Versailles made Germany surrender many countries that they had already had before the war or had previously conquered, to other countries. The land that Germany lost had a lot of resources that brought Germany a lot of their money, the loss of these resources had a very big impact on Germany’s economy. Germany was forced to give 10% of its land to different countries and lost all her oversea colonies. This treaty made them give Alsace-Lorraine to France, Eupen and Malmedy to Belgium, Northern Schleswig to Denmark, Hultschin to Czechoslovokia, and West Prussia, Pesen, and upper Silesia to