The Seven Years War: The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries saw a bunch of top-notch wars‚ but the Seven Years War‚ also called the French and Indian War‚ because it was the first truly global war. This significant war was subsequently the leading factor to lead into the American Revolution. The American’s referred to it as The French and Indian War. The Prussians called it The Silesian War and the Swede’s called it the Pomeranian war. In fact a historian named Winston Churchill called it “the
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The statement "The Thirty Years War is both the end of the middle ages and the start of the modern age" is in my opinion very accurate. The Thirty Year’s War‚ was a series of declared and undeclared wars lasting between 1618 and 1648‚ primarily fought in Germany. The middle ages is described as being between the post Roman Empire and the Renaissance; 400 AD-1400 AD. During the middle ages people were controlled by the church. Leaders led by divine rule‚ deriving their power through God and the church
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30 Years’ War Background of the War Religion ( Militant Catholicism vs. Calvinism) Took place in Germanic lands of Holy Roman Empire Peace of Augsburg still left some division Catholics vs. Lutherans [still wanted control] Many German states adopted Calvinism Phases of the War Bohemian Phase 1618-25; Habsburgs own territories Protestants = unhappy with Ferdianand rebel (may 1618) throw 2 government officials and secretary out the window Catholics = Saved by Mary; Protestants
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The four stages of the Thirty Years’ War‚ which was fought mostly in the Holy Roman Empire (modern Germany)‚ involved nearly all of the major powers of Europe‚ and was a war that used religion as a cover-up for politics. The war caused the demise of the Holy Roman Empire‚ and the rise of France as the new power in Europe. During the war new technologies also were used. The Thirty Year’s War was ended by the peace of Westphalia in 1648. Before the war‚ the Holy Roman Empire already began to
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Thirty Years War The thirty year old war which began in 1618 because of deep religious divide that was in Germany and other parts of Western Europe came to abrupt end at the Peace of Westphalia‚ signed in 1648. The three main reasons of war are: Protestants and Catholics rivalry within the Roman Empire‚ the Bourbon–Habsburg conflict for European supremacy and disputes between France and Habsburg. The thirty year war is considered as the ugliest war of Europe which had a huge human cost impacted
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Over the years I have come to the conclusion that my life is not a highway‚ nor is it like a box of chocolates; my life is more like the Thirty Years’ War. This was a European war that was fought from 1618-1648‚ and it can be considered the first real world war since most of Europe became involved. All of the fighting took place‚ however‚ within the Holy Roman Empire (Germany)‚ even though the poor Germans did nothing to deserve it. True‚ they were having their own civil war‚ but then all the other
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Originally‚ the cause of the war were religious issues. The Peace of Augsburg (1555) brought peace to the German states but only recognized Lutherans and Roman Catholics. Protestants‚ and later Calvinists‚ wanted religious freedom from the ruling Catholics. Add to that the fact that all the countries involved in these wars wanted to make themselves more powerful and you have a Molotov. The war started on May 23‚ 1618‚ when a crowd of Protestants stormed the royal castle in Prague and threw two members
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the Thirty Years War‚ has long been considered a turning point in the international system by scholars and historians alike but what quality was it that made this treaty any different from the dozens of other treaties signed across Europe in that century? The answer lies not only within the terms it’s paragraphs stipulated but within the time it occurred‚ with the parties that were involved in that conflict and more importantly the sides they chose to fight for. The Thirty Years War was not born
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The Seven Years War "Plutot mourir que faillir"("Rather dying than failing")and "UBIQUE! QUO FAS ET GLORIA DUCUNT" "Everywhere! Where Right and Glory Lead." The Seven Years war‚ or the French and Indian war to Americans‚ was arguably the first true world. The Seven years war was a worldwide war fought in Europe‚ North America‚ and India between. It was France‚ Austria‚ Russia‚ Saxony‚ Sweden‚ and (after 1762) Spain on the one side and Prussia‚ Great Britain‚ and Hanover on the other (the Americans
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THE HUNDRED YEARS’ WAR - the Hundred Years’ War (1337-1453) was perhaps the first national war in Europe - after Norman conquest England was a rising power‚ strong monarchy‚ no involvement in conflicts‚ - English knights began rob their continental neighbours; simply because they were more powerful - the fact that Edward III and Henry V had genealogical claims to the French throne was but an explanation for robbing - the war was not a result of dynastic ambitions but a national matter‚
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