An konsepto inot na ipinahayag kan taon 1860, asin marikas na naglakop pakatapos.  Durante asin pakatapos kan Inot na Gera Mundyal, an prinsipyo pigparigon kan Sobyet na Premier na si Vladimir Lenin asin Presidente kan US na si Woodrow Wilson. Matapos na ianunsyar an saiyang Katorseng Punto kan 8 Enero 1918, kan 11 Pebrero 1918 si Wilson nagsabi: "National aspirations must be respected; people may now be dominated and governed only by their own consent. 'Self determination' is not a mere phrase; it is an imperative principle of action."