Chapter 3 - Section 16

Question 0

Who made up most of the HRE?

Answer 0

Germans, but religiously diverse.

Question 1

What was the Holy Roman Empire’s size at the beginning of the Thirty Years’ War?

Answer 1

From France to Poland/Hungary

Question 2

Why did Germans decline in 1618?

Answer 2

Loss in creativity, Increased campaign against witches, commerce decrease, capital ($) moved to West

Question 3

What Lutheran gains were made before the Thirty Years’ War?

Answer 3

Lutheran administration in church states, Catholics worried.

Question 4

Why was the world complex before the Thirty Years’ War?

Answer 4

German civil war fought over Catholic-Protestant issue, fought over constitutional issues b/n emperor/states wanting to be independent.

Question 5

What international war went on before the Thirty Years’ War?

Answer 5

The French vs. Hapsburgs, and the Spain vs. Dutch

Question 6

What were the four phases?

Answer 6

I: Bohemian, II: Dutch, III: Swedish, IV: Swedish-French

Question 7

I: What was the defenestration of Prague?

Answer 7

HRE emissaries thrown out of window by Czechs, fearing loss of Protestant liberties

Question 8

I: Which emperor sends troops in for the defenestration of Prague?

Answer 8

Ferdinand II’s successor Matthias

Question 9

I: Who was fighting for the Catholicism the Battle of White Mountain?

Answer 9

Ferdinand II/Matthias, papal $$$, Spain, Bavaria

Question 10

I: Who was fighting for the Protestants in the Battle of White Mountain

Answer 10

Palatine (Frederick V -> Winter King), Protestant Union, Dutch, Transylvania.

Question 11

I: Who won the Battle of White Mountain?

Answer 11

The Catholics.

Question 12

I: What were the consequences of the Battle of White Mountain?

Answer 12

Hapsburgs win Spain in Rhine, Bohemian King Ferdinand II seizes land for nobles yet again, Jesuit reconversion.

Question 13

II: What happened to the Protestant Union in 1621?

Answer 13

It had dissolved.

Question 14

II: Who starts fighting for the Protestants?

Answer 14

Lutheran Danish King Christian IV, Richelieu, Dutch, English

Question 15

II: Who does Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II hire?

Answer 15

Albert of Wallenstein.

Question 16

II: Where does Wallenstein invade by 1626?

Answer 16

Baltic.

Question 17

II: What edict was issued in 1629?

Answer 17

The Edict of Restitution.

Question 18

II: What did the Edict of Restitution do?

Answer 18

Church territory secularized since 1552 returned to Catholic Churches.

Question 19

III: Who pays who to fight for the Protestants?

Answer 19

Richelieu pays Gustavus Adolphus to fight for Louis XIII.

Question 20

III: What did Gustavus Adolphus create the first of?

Answer 20

The first modern army.

Question 21

III: Who aides the Protestants?

Answer 21

Saxony, Dutch, and Germans who fear imperial centralization.

Question 22

III: Who wins at Brietenfield in 1631 and Lutzen in 1632?

Answer 22

The Swedish army.

Question 23

III: Who is killed in battle in Lutzen? Who takes his place?

Answer 23

Wallenstein, Oxenstierna

Question 24

III: What does Wallenstein do that eventually gets him assassinated?

Answer 24

He didn’t like the Spanish influence, so he went to the other side to give information, but before he can, he is killed.

Question 25

III: The Swedes decide to jump ship and sign what document?

Answer 25

The Peace of Prague (1635).