Treaty comparison: The Treaty of Waitangi and The Treaty of Versailles

The Treaty of Waitangi was an agreement between the Maori chiefs of New Zealand and the British settlers. The agreement was unfair in the fact that some of the terms were regarding the idea of sovereignty, a concept which is unfamiliar to Maori.

The Treaty of Versailles:
This treaty was created in 1919 (Post WW1) by David Lloyd (Britain), Georges Clemenceau (France), Woodrow Wilson (USA) as a way to prevent further problems from Germany. This treaty was made to force Germany to pay for the damage caused in WW1, take all the blame, give up some of their land and all of their colonies, pay reparations to France and greatly decrease their military. This treaty was made in an effort to prevent Germany from being strong enough to cause more trouble, as we all know, they shot themselves in the foot.

Similarities:
-both treaties between two major parties (British and Maori) and (Allied forces and Germany)
-both treaties were created to prevent further conflict and create peace (The treaty of Versailles definitely failed at this)
- both caused further conflict over unfair terms.

Differences: Treaty of Waitangi:
- The treaty was made to create a peaceful country
-both parties had a similar idea of what they wanted ( A stable nation to live in).
-The unfairness ones from translation between languages and cultures.
-Has been binding for 179 years.

Differences in the treaty of Versailles: 
-Created as way to prevent further conflicts from Germany after WW1.
- The treaty of Versailles addressed many areas of Germany.
-The treaty was unfair in the fact it: forced Germany to take all the blame for the damages caused by WW1, forced Germany to pay a great amount of money, forced Germany to give up some of their land and all of their colonies, forced Germany to greatly decrease their military and restricted Germany from joining the League of Nations.
- Was binding for 20 years.