the Big Four during World War 1??

Question

Can anyone clarify what the Big Four was during the early 20th century..?

Answer 1

The Big Four were the Allied leaders who met at the Paris Peace Conference in January 1919, after World War I (1914–18). They were President Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924) of the United States, Prime Minister David Lloyd George (1863–1945) of Britain, Premier Georges Clemenceau (1841–1929) of France, and Premier Vittorio Orlando (1860–1952) of Italy. The Allies included twenty more nations and representatives from all the countries attended the conference. The decisions, however, were made by these four heads of state. Other representatives formed committees to work out the details of treaties signed by each of the Central Powers (Austria-Hungary, Germany, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire): the Treaty of Versailles was signed with Germany; the Treaty of St. Germain, with Austria; the Treaty of Neuilly, with Bulgaria; the Treaty of Trianon, with Hungary; and the Treaty of Sevres, with the Ottoman...

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Four

Answer 2

They were:
President Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924) of the United States, Prime Minister David Lloyd George (1863–1945) of Britain
Premier Georges Clemenceau (1841–1929) of France
Premier Vittorio Orlando (1860–1952) of Italy.

They were the ones that met at the Paris Peace Conference to hammer out the main articles of the Treaty of Versailles which ended World War I

Answer 3

The year 1919 saw Japan sitting among the "Big Four" (Lloyd George, Orlando, Wilson, Clemenceau) powers at the Versailles Peace Conference. Tokyo was granted a permanent seat on the Council of the League of Nations, and the Paris Peace Conference confirmed the transfer to Japan of Germany's rights in Shandong. Similarly, Germany's former Pacific islands were put under a Japanese mandate. Despite Japan’s relatively small role in World War I (and the Western powers' rejection of its bid for a racial equality clause in subsequent Paris Peace Treaty), Japan had emerged as a great power in international politics by the close of the war.

Answer 4

Just to elaborate on her answer..

The big four were the leaders of Britain, France, U.S., and Italy. Wilson, as you may already know, was a big fan and advocate of the idea of a League of Nations. Because of this, he wanted the leader from each participant in the war (save for Germany and Austria) to attend a meeting at Versailles. This, of course, is where the treaty of Versailles was formed. They are known as the big four because, even though Wilson had wanted all of the countries to participate, it was the leaders from Italy, America, Britain, and France that really ran the show. The four leaders made up the treaty pretty much themselves and spent alot of time together. Many pictures can be found of the four of them together. It's said that they actually all stayed in Wilson's hotel room putting the finishing touches on the treaty.

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Answer 5

The countries were (from the strongest): USA, UK, France and Italy.