Woodrow Wilson wrote the Fourteen Points speech in order to promote peace and justice. Most of these points dealt with issues regarding territorial integrity and causes of the war. According to Fourteen Points: US History for Kids, "In the first five points, President Wilson proposed to eliminate the general causes of the war through disarmament, free trade, freedom of the seas, impartial adjustment of colonial claims, and the adoption of open diplomacy in Europe instead of secret agreements. The next eight points Wilson addressed the right of self-determination to "freely to determine, without external interference, their political status and to pursue their economic, social and cultural systems, without interference in any form by another
