On January 8, 1918, US President Woodrow Wilson gave a speech to Congress outlining 14 points for peace after World War I. Points 10 and 11 directly addressed Romania, supporting national self-determination and the union of Romania with Transylvania, Bessarabia, and Dobrogea. Wilson's speech and the 14 points were fundamental in allowing Romania to achieve its national ideal of uniting these regions in 1918 to form Greater Romania.

1. Vlad Georgian, IMAPA,GROUP 8116
University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest,Romania
KEYWORDS:Wilson Woodrow, Romania, fourteen points.
On January 8, 1918 - a date for Romanians and, most
importantly, to be understood especially in the year of the
centenary of the Great Romania - US President Woodrow
Wilson holds the most important political speech in front
of the United States Chambers of Congress, purpose
sketching of peace conditions at the end of World War I,
presented in 14 points. Points 10 and 11 were of direct
relevance to Romania, and they were of fundamental
importance in the further development of events that took
place in 1918. The principle of national self-determination
- underlined in point 10 - was the basis for the formation of
national states in Central and Eastern Europe, among
which Great Romania, and point 11 mentioned the union of
Romania with Dobrogea, Bessarabia and Transylvania. In
the Centenary of the Great Union, it is worth remembering
the overwhelming importance of President Woodrow
Wilson and his discourse, which can be said to have been
the cornerstone that underpinned the fulfillment of the
Romanian national ideal of 1918.
Acknowledgements:
Coordinating teacher:Mihai Daniel Frumuselul