Thirty+Years'+War

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CONFLICT: The Thirty Years War

CAST AND CREW:

MAJOR PLAYERS || REASONS FOR INVOVLEMENT ||
 * Protestants || Wanted to start their own religious beliefs, continued to take over Catholic properties, particularly in North Germany. ||
 * Catholics || Wasn't going to tolerate the Protestants starting their own religious beliefs, Catholics commanded a majority in most of the organs of government. ||

MINOR PLAYERS || REASONS FOR INVOVLEMENT ||
 * The Danish ||  ||
 * Sweden || Gustavus Adolphus invaded northern Germany because of Habsburg power along the Baltic. ||
 * The French || They declared war on the Spanish, France took control of Alsace and much of the Rhineland. ||
 * The Dutch || Supported Frederick the 4th to regain the Rhine. The Dutch has been in war with the Spanish for independence since 1568. ||

MINI-BIOGRAPHIES OF MAJOR PLAYERS The 30 years war consisted of a series of declared and undeclared wars based on religion and economics against Catholic and Protestants. The Habsburgs were opposed by the Danish, Dutch, mostly notably, France, Sweden, the French, Dutch, and English formed an alliance against Habsburg because the Empire attacked Danish possessions on the Baltic and in northern Germany. Christian the 4th of Denmark invaded, but was crushed by the Army of the Catholic league and the imperial forces. Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden invaded northern Germany concerned with its growing power (Habsburg) the Sweden army and the imperial forces met at Breitenfeld near Leipzig and annihilated them (Saxony, John George the 1st.) Denmark was defeated and sued for peace in the peace of Bromsebro, negotiated in 1645.

During the 16th and 17th century, conflict by protestants and Catholics in many European nation resulted in war for reigious and political control. King Phillip II son of Charles v King Phillip II was a supporter of militant Catholicism in the second half 16th century King Phillip II major goal was consolidate the lands he inherit form father this includes Spain, netherlands, possessions in Italy, and the Am​ericas. Kiing Phillip strenghten his control by strict conformity to catholicism and monarchial authority.

Elizabeth Tudor ascended the English thron in 1558 as leader of protestant nations inherit her religious problems from her catholic half sister Queen Mary Tudor. Elizabeth repealed the laws favoring catholics a new act of suprimecy named Elizabeth as the only suprime governor of church ans state the church of England under Queen Elizabeth folowed a maderate protestantism that kept most people satisfied. she tried to keep Spain and France feom becoming to powerful by balancing power. If one nation seemed to be gaining in power England would support the weaker nation. In 1588 phillip II send the Armada warships to invade England the Armada was battered by the faster England ships and sailed back to Spain by

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