How Did The Thirty Years War Cause The Rise Of New Nations

28. The Thirty Years war caused the fall of empires and the rise of new nations. The Habsburg Empire fell during the Thirty years war, losing its spot as a primary power with the independence of the dutch and the demand for autonomy from german and Swiss princes. They falling rulers moved westward. The Holy roman Empire lost territory to Sweden with The Peace Of Westphalia, which was the beginning of its decline. The thirty years war also led to the establishment of different growing religions in the dissipating empire, such as Lutheranism and Calvinism. The Thirty years war also changed the appropriate reasons for warfare. Wars were now fight for state and elite interests rather than religious issues.

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