The National Archives says this about the Atlantic Charter:
Atlantic Charter
Joint declaration made by Roosevelt and Churchill in August 1941, setting out broad principles for the conduct of international relations in the postwar world. Drawn up at sea, off the coast of Newfoundland, it provided a foundation for the United Nations Charter. Its eight principles included non-aggression, self-determination, free trade, freedom of the seas, and renunciation of territorial expansion.
As you can see this charter gave the nations who used the Atlantic Ocean freedom of the ocean and safety from aggressors. It was also a foundation for the United Nations.
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The Atlantic Charter was a basic layout and plan for post World War 1 life. In later years it actually became to be an influential document in the history of treaties.
One can consider the document as one of the first key steps toward the well established United Nations in 1945.
It was significant in the fact that it helped to bring the U.S.A into the war. It also helped that it gave America a position in the European countries as a friend rather than a foe for many years to come.
The significance of the Atlantic Charter was that it defined the Allied goals for after the war. It was issued on August 14, 1941.
it upheld rights of free trade and choice of government, and it became the plan of postwar peace.
The Atlantic Charter was a policy that declared the Allies goals for the world once World War II was over. It was World War II itself that caused the creation of this statement.
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Atlantic Charter
The so-called "Atlantic Charter" was never an official, signed document. Neither Franklin D. Roosevelt nor Winston Churchill ever signed it. No signed copy has ever existed. At a December 19, 1944 press conference, in response to the direct question, "Did Churchill sign the Atlantic Charter?", FDR replied, "No one ever signed the Atlantic Charter." Supposedly signed on August 14th, 1941, it wasn't even called the "Atlantic Charter" until about a week after the text of the statement was released.