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The fight for European dominance - Coggle Diagram
The fight for European dominance
The thirty years war
It started in 1618
It was the most important conflict of the century
It began because
Fernando II (the emperor of Habsburg)
Restricted some of the
Protestants' religious freedoms
The first part of the war
Finished with a catholic victory
In 1620
In 1621
The Twlelve Years' Truce ended
Between the Hispanic Monarchy and the Dutch Republic
A new phase of the war started
Hispanic Monarchy
Against
Denmark (1625)
Sweden (1631)
Protestants in the Holy Roman Empire
France (1635)
The Dutch Republic
The Defenestration of Prague
Bohemian Protestants threw
The emperor's Catholic representatives
Out of the window
The war ceased to be
A religious conflict
It became a fight to
Recognise the Dutch Republic's independence
The European dominance
Between Spain and France
The Peace of Westphalia was signed in 1648
Changes
A recognition of the Dutch Republic
A modification of the borders
Of the Holy Roman Empire
France and Sweden got territories
The right to religious freedom
France and Spain continued the war
Until 1659
When the Peace of the Pyrenees was signed
The end of Hispanic dominance in Europe ended
The war cauded destruction and deaths
1-2 million died
40% of those civlians
