Why was the Thirty Year’s War fought? To what extent did politics determine the outcome of the war? Discuss the Treaty of Westphalia in 1648. Could matters have been resolved without war? The Thirty Years’ War was the last and most catastrophic war based on religion and politics. It took place between 1618 and 1648 in the Holy Roman Empire. The war can be split into 4 main wars which were the Bohemian Revolt‚ the Danish intervention‚ the Swedish intervention and the French intervention. The Bohemian
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Religious War & the Age of exploration (Ch. 14-15) Unit 4: Absolutism & Constitutionalism in Western Europe (Ch. 16) Unit 5: Age of Absolutism in Eastern Europe (Ch. 17) Unit 6: Expansion & Daily Life (Ch. 19-20) Unit 7: Scientific Revolution & the enlightenment (Ch. 18) Unit 8: French Revolution & Napoleon (Ch. 21) Unit 9: Industrial Revolution (CH. 22) Unit 10: Ideologies and Upheaval (Ch. 23-24) Unit 11: Age of Nationalism (Ch. 25) Unit 12: World War I and
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A staggering war debt influenced many British policies after the Seven Years War. Many colonists who came here in pursuit of freedom were outraged at the attempts by British Parliament to enforce tax laws to benefit the British and the monarchy‚ John Stockton‚ a23 year old glassblower‚ living in New York‚ and member of the New York Sons of Liberty‚ was one of those angry colonists in 1768. The conceptualization of this freedom would compel him and other Patriot‚ artisans‚ to continue to fight for
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important as a war. In the 1700’s the Europeans entered a series of conflicts and one of these conflicts was the Seven Year War. The war was fought for the control of the various colonies throughout North America. All the events that led to the war‚ happened during the war and the effects of the war‚ played a very influential role in shaping the European history. The origins of this war
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the political and economic effects of the Seven Years War in North America help cause the American War of Independence? The American Revolutionary War‚ also known as the American War of Independence‚ was a conflict that erupted between Great Britain‚ and its American colonies from 1775 to 1783. In 1775 British soldiers invaded America with the intention to rule the country. The American War of Independence lasted for eight years and over time the War tore American and British relationships apart
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In the aftermath of the French and Indian War‚ Americans had developed an identity unique from British citizens. Colonists had been affected by the messages of the Great Awakening‚ which stressed the individuality of Protestant evangelicalism‚ making cultural rifts between Christianity in England. American identity was also affected in the Seven Years War. Colonial militia were more moderate in the punishment handed to soldiers than the cruel treatment from British officers. Furthermore‚ interactions
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Does religion really cause war? There has been a strong debate on this topic for a very long time. Religion has been around as far back as the modern researchers have been able to find. Even dating back to the early inhabitants of the world. People back then didn’t know how to explain certain things in the world‚ so they used religion to explain it. Early Greeks and Romans created mythological gods and goddesses to explain a multitude of things they could not otherwise explain. They had gods to explain
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What’s So Funny ’Bout Peace‚ Love‚ and Understanding: Ninetyish Years of Religious Warfare Text: Western Civilization‚ pp. 402-410; 446-454 Please answer the following questions in complete sentences. Think of these questions as essay prompts. You should write your answer as if you were writing the introductory paragraph to the question (but don’t write the whole essay). 1. How did politics shape the religious positions of the French leaders during the last half of the sixteenth century? What
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nobility lost their power to these hired bureaucrats Exclude the Habsburg’s (Austrian Catholics) from French internal politics Guilin Mazzarini "Mazarin" - Chief Minister (Louis XIV 1643-1715) Trained by Richeleiu Increased taxes to continue war with Spain Hated because he was Italian Fronde A children’s game in Paris - throwing dirt at passing coaches A disorganized rebellion against the monarchy prior to 1789 Bosons legacy By 1659‚ Mazarin defeats the Spanish Louis XIV marries
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The French and Indian War changed the relationship between the American colonies and their British counterparts from economic dependence to incompatibility and from political separation to a direct conflict of interests. Firstly‚ the war changed America’s economic reliance on its mother country to economic disharmony as American culture and practicality threatened their relationship. Before the war‚ the colonies were scattered groups of religious refugees and poor immigrants aspiring to better things
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