Atlantic Charter

Issued as a joint declaration on 14 August 1941, The Atlantic Charter was an agreement between by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, aboard a warship at Naval Station Argentia. The Atlantic Charter established a vision for a post-World War II world, even though the United States had yet to enter the War. In the agreements they established 8 post war settlements.





The 8 Post War Settlements:

1. no territorial gains were to be sought by the United States or the United Kingdom;
2. territorial adjustments must be in accord with the wishes of the peoples concerned;
3. all people had a right to self-determination;
4. trade barriers were to be lowered;
5. there was to be global economic cooperation and advancement of social welfare;
6. the participants would work for a world free of want and fear;
7. the participants would work for freedom of the seas;
8. there was to be disarmament of aggressor nations, and a postwar common disarmament.