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The Leage of Nations was a proposed alliance between nations brought about in President Woodrow Wilson's 14 Points in 1919. The Leage of Nations failed for several reasons, but the most prominant one was because it was doomed to fail from the beginning. The League of Nations was one of 13 other points presented by Wilson prior to World War I. Wilson thought a League of Nations would be helpful in preserving peace, which was the basis of many of the 14 points. A League of Nations would create a strong alliance between western nations and the United States. It would prevent any other World Wars by keeping the peace and settling world disputes within the league. Although, the league of nations was doomed to fail from the beginning. The League of Nations took away a country's right to self-determination, or the independence to determine one's country's future. The League of Nations forced nations to ask permission from the League of Nations to build up arms or declare war on any other country. Many nations did not like the idea of looking to a higher power to make decisions for them. The League of Nations was created too strong. It was created with too much power over the countries within the league. At this time, the american people were in an era of isolationism, in other words they didn't want to get involved in other nations business. Being apart of the League of Nations would force them to do so. For this reason, many americans were skeptical about the power the League of Nations would have and they didn't want to get involved in something that would restrict their right to self-determination. Beacause the League of Nations failed, the United Nations was formed and is still around today. The League of Nations and the United Nations are similar and based on the idea of peace and alliances. Although, the United Nations doesen't have as much power as the League of Nations was propesed to have. For example, nations within the United Nations are not forced to ask permission from the United Nations to declare war or increase arms. The U.S. is not forced into wars because they are apart of the United Nations. The League of Nations was too strong and failed. The United Nations does not have many of the powers the League of Nations was supposed to have, and that is why it is still successfully working today. The fall of the League of Nations was inevitable from the beginning. It was created to strong and therefore failed.