Key Events In European Diplomatic History

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Reformed Catholic Church and reaffirmed church doctrine, confirmed all seven sacraments

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Council of Trent

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Ended religious civil war between Roman Catholics and Lutherans in German state, gave prince authority to choose states religion

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Peace of Augsburg

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Grants religious tolerance to French Protestants or Huguenots, issued by Henry IV

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Edict of Nantes

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Ended 30 years war, recognized Calvinism as a legally permissible faith

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Peace of Westphalia

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Ended Louis XIV’s efforts to dominate Europe, allowed Philip V to remain on throne of Spain

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Peace of Utrecht

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Guaranteed the succession of Habsburg emperor Charles VI’s eldest daughter, Maria Theresa, to the throne

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Pragmatic sanction

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Enacted settlement that was acceptable to both the victors and to France, created balance of powers lasting until the unification of Germany.

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Congress of Vienna

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Established rules for dividing Africa amongst European powers, established rules governing the race of African colonies

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Berlin Conference

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Refused to allow either deafened Germany or communist Russia to participate in peace conference negotiations, forced Germany to sign war guilt clause and pay war reparations

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Treaty of Versailles

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Negotiated by Vladimir Lenin, ended Bolshevik Russia’s participation in WWI

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Treaty of Brest - Litovsk

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Recorded an agreement between France and Germany to respect mutual frontiers in the 20th century

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Locarno Pact

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Outlawed war as an instrument of national policy

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Kellogg Briand Pact

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Ceded the Sudetenland to hitler, discredited the British policy of appeasement

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Munich conference

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Created a nonaggression agreement between Hitler and Joseph Stalin if they were to become involved in a war

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Nazi - Soviet nonaggression pact

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Establish the North Atlantic treaty organization (NATO) to coordinate the defense of its members

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North Atlantic pact

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Created European Economic Community (EEC) or the common market, marks beginning of European economic integration

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Treaty of Rome

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Ratified European territorial boundaries established after WWII

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Helsinki agreement

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Created European union worlds larges economic market

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Maastricht treaty