THE ATLANTIC CHARTER

WHO & WHEN

• Churchill (GB prime minister) and FDR (US PRESIDENT)
• Had secret meetings on ships in the coastal waters of Newfoundland
• Document was published on August 14, 1941
• Document was created before the United States entered the war

WHAT IT OUTLINES/ITS PURPOSE

• NOT a treaty between the two powers or a formal expression of peace aims
• main goal-to achieve acceptance of universal principles of human rights and justice.
• Five articles dealt with individual and group rights
• Three articles dealt with liberal politic/economic aims on the causes of war and world peace

IDEALS SIMILAR TO WILSON'S 14 POINTS

• Self determination: the right of every people to choose their own form of gov.
• Freedom of the seas/ wilson: free trade on seas
• Dissarment of aggressor nations/ wilson: decrease in weapons
• Equal access to trade & raw materials/wilson: free trade between all countries

IMPACT ON ALLIES AND AXIS POWERS

• A message of hope to the occupied allies countries
• Became the "vehicle" of allied powers war aims
• provided key reasons for Americans to spend money on a war between foreigners
• Causes Germany, Italy, and Japan to sign the Tripartite Pact, the axis-Sept.27,1940
• Pushes Hitler to executing the final solution of the Jewish problem

WORKS CITED

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