With the end of the First World War, all the leaders of the major world powers met for the first major peace meeting. President Wilson had come up with an idea that he thought would become the beginning of everlasting peace throughout the world. He called them his Fourteen Points and believed they were brilliant. Others, however, thought differently and were skeptical about these Fourteen Points. So much so that many of these points have never even been put into practice. Wilson gave up many of his points to pass what he thought was the best shot at world peace: his fourteenth point, or better known as the League of Nations. The League of Nations was a committee of nations that promoted world peace and mutual cooperation. It was supposed to be an international group debate aimed at talking about diplomatic crises such as those that caused the First World War. At the time, the League of Nations was in fact one of the best options for maintaining peace and preventing war. US membership was a must. The original idea behind the initiation of the League of Nations was that countries should discuss and resolve major problems by arguing rather than by going to war. Its aim was to strengthen relations between countries and improve cooperation between them. As a result, this would ultimately create a world of peace without wars. If a system like this had existed before the start of World War I, it would have helped greatly to stop the war. Many countries were fighting over the Balkland Peninsula before the start of World War I. Russia was trying to gain access to the Mediterranean Sea, and Austria-Hungary had taken control of Bosnia in 1878... mid-paper... that this would limit the right of our people to govern themselves free from all restriction, legal or moral, by foreign powers. Wilson assured the Congress that the League would have no such power and explained that the League was not a constraint, but a vehicle for life. Despite Wilson's great efforts, Congress still remained indifferent about it and ended up not approving the League of Nations. The League of Nations was the world's greatest choice for building the foundations of lasting peace. The United States Congress did not see it that way, but rather as a threat to the rules of our nation. They even went so far as to declare that the League would revoke the Declaration of Independence. Not only could the war have been prevented, but the result would have been a peaceful and cooperative society if the United States and the rest of the world powers had joined the League of Nations..