30 years war

Question 1

what was the underlying problem that kinda started this

Answer 1

peace of augsburgs having problems

Question 2

North germany is mainly ___

southern germany and austria is mainy __-

Answer 2

protestant

catholic

Question 3

what does 30 yrs war lead to for germany

Answer 3

disintegration

Question 4

phases of war

Answer 4

bohemian period 
danish period
swedish period 
swedish-french period
peace of westphalia

Question 5

what kind of started the whole thing

Answer 5

HRE Ferdinand (catholic) sends ambassadors to Prague to meet with protestant nobles

protestant nobles threw ambassadors out the window

when word gets out, emperror is pissed and attacks prague

Question 6

what is the throwing out window thing called

Answer 6

defenestration of prague

Question 7

When HRE attacks prague, what is that battle called

Answer 7

Battle of white mountain

Question 8

what is the result of battle of white mountain

Answer 8

czech nobility is wpied out and catholicism is reinstated in bohemia

Question 9

phase 2) the danish period

all you rly need to know:

Answer 9

everything north of germany tends to be llutheran

Question 10

phase 3) swedish period

Answer 10

sweden is lutheran

catholics are winning in germany and king of sweden sends troops to germany to save protestants

Question 11

who is the famous king of Sweden who is known to be a great protestant that saves many of them who also died in battle

Answer 11

Gustavus Aldophus

Question 12

Phase 4) French period characteristics

Answer 12

it’s basically a shit show. protestants and catholics are just killing eachother so its not even a battle just massacre.

Question 13

in france during this period, who is basically ruling?

Answer 13

cardinal Richelieu

Question 14

what does cardinal richelieu do?

Answer 14

sends troops to protestant side since hes worried about catholic victory

Question 15

why is cardinal richelieu worried about catholic victory

Answer 15

because it will help the HRE because hes worried about hapsburgs winning and uniting germany

Question 16

What is the result of french phase

Answer 16

french troops helops protestants so much that 1/3 of germany dies

Question 17

Biggest loser and winner

Answer 17

HRE is biggest loser cuz so many people die

french is basically the winner

Question 18

spain is set out the whole thirty year war… why are they not mentioned

Answer 18

spain has been on decline
they had worries about america
had big trouble with portugal and catalonia

Question 19

peace of westphalia

Answer 19

renewed the peace of augsburg

besides just choosing lutherism or catholicism, it was now permitted to choose CALVNISM

Question 20

At this point, HRE is: declining or rising?

Answer 20

declining

Question 21

which country gets independence

Answer 21

Netherlands

Question 22

which country remains under spanish control

Answer 22

Spanish netherlands (belgium)

Question 23

What is the characteristic/outcome of 30 years war

Answer 23

no more purely religious wars in europe

no chance of united christian europe

Question 24

which country comes out as most powerful in continental europe (excluding england)

Answer 24

france

Question 25

which areas does france take over rom germany?

Answer 25

Alasce and Lorraine

Question 26

Who are the BIGGEST losers in europe during this time

Answer 26

spanish

Question 27

why is spanish such losers

Answer 27

they couldn’t even help out- not in the game

portugal broke from spain

Question 28

what is the idea presented by misc for this time?

Answer 28

Balance of power: dont want one country to get too big or powerful because it will result in other countries coming together and gaining up