The geopolitical and economic impact of the treaties on Europe

1. The geopolitical and economic impact of the treaties on Europe Ashley Thrasher

2. the Treaty of Versailles? • The Treaty of Versailles was a treaty to make peace between the five nations, France, Germany, Britain, Austria-Hungary and the United States after World War I

3. What is the purpose of the Treaty of Versailles? • The treaty of Versailles basically forced Germany to accept the responsibility of causing the war. They were forced to make reparations to the price of 32 billion dollars which is roughly 393 billion dollars today. Germany’s economy was already in complete disarray. The treaty also forced Germany to surrender control of their colonies. Initially at first Germany didn’t want to sign the treaty but they were left with no other choice, So, they eventually signed it under a new government.

4. Territorial Loss

5. Germany didn’t like this  • They were forced to make reparations to the price of 32 billion dollars which is roughly 393 billion dollars today. Germany’s economy was already in complete disarray. The treaty also forced Germany to surrender control of their colonies. Initially at first Germany didn’t want to sign the treaty but they were left with no other choice, So, they eventually signed it under a new government.

6. the treaty of st. germain? • treaty concluding WWI and signed by representatives of Austria on one side and the Allied Powers on the other. • Western Thrace was given to Greece • Dobrudja was given to Romania • Northern Macedonia was given to Yugoslavia • South Tyrol, Trentino, Trieste and Istria were given to Italy • Bohemia and Moravia were given to Czechoslovakia • Galicia was given to Poland • Bukovina was given to Romania • Austria was not allowed to unify with Germany

7. The Treaty of Trianon • peace agreement signed in 1920, at the end of World War I, between the Allies of World War I and Hungary. Hungary losses 2/3 of its territory • Slovakia and Ruthenia were given to Czechoslovakia • Transylvania was given to Romania • Burgenland was given to Austria • Slovenia and Croatia were given to Yugoslavia

8. The Treaty of Neuilly • was the peace treaty between Bulgariaand Allies at the end of World War I. • Western Thrace was given to Greece • Dobrudja was given to Romania • Northern Macedonia was given to Yugoslavia

9. The Treaty of Sevres • was the peace treaty between the Ottoman Empire and Allies at the end of World War I. • The Straits of the Dardanelles to be controlled by the allies • Saudi Arabia became independent • Turkey lost the rights to Sudan and Libya • Eastern Thrace and some Turkish Aegean Islands were given to Greece • Mesopotamia, Palestine and Syria became League of Nation mandates and were to be run by France and Britain.

10. The signing of Treaty of Sevres

11. The Treaty of Lausanne • The Sevres peace treaty imposed by the Allies on the Ottoman Empire after World War I had virtually destroyed Turkey as a national state. The treaty was not recognized by the nationalist government under Mustafa Kemal Pasha. • Treaty of Sevres was altered at Lausanne • Constantinople was given back to Turkey

12. bibliography • http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/treaty_of_trianon.htm • http://www.allaboutturkey.com/antlasma.htm • http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/treaty_of_versailles.htm • http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0843050.html • http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/410481/Treaty-of-Neuilly • http://www.ibguides.com/history/notes/the-geopolitical-and-economic-impact-of-the-treaties-on-europe-the-establishment-and-impact-of-the-mandate-system