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2. Thirty Years War
• “For one of [the peasants] they had
taken they thrust into the baking oven
and there they lit a fire under him…as
for another, they put a cord around his
head and twisted it so tight with a piece
of wood that the blood gushed from his
mouth and nose and ears. In a word
each had his own device to torture the
peasants.”
• -Jacob von Grimmelshausen
5. Belligerents
Protestant States and Allies Roman Catholic States and
Sweden Allies
France
Bohemia Holy Roman Empire
Denmark-Norway(1625–1629)
Saxony Catholic League
United Provinces Austria
Electoral Palatinate
Bavaria
Brunswick-Lüneburg
England Spain and its possessions
Scotland
Brandenburg-Prussia Denmark-Norway (1643–1645)
Transylvania
Hungarian Anti-Habsburg
Rebels
Zaporozhian Cossacks
Ottoman Empire
9. • Two great empires, Austria
and Prussia, rose out of the
ashes of the Thirty Years’ War
• Between 1618 and 1648, the
nations of Europe fought each
other in the Thirty Year’s war.
10. What do you think?
•How did Austria and
Prussia emerge as
great powers?
11. • One third of the population of the
Germans states died.
• When the Thirty Years’ War finally
ended, France had won territory from
both Germany and Spain. The
Netherlands and Switzerland became
independent states.
• The war left Germany divided into
more than 360 states, and the
Hapsburgs, ruler of the Holy Roman
Empire, lost land.
12. • Westphalia was the first modern peace
conference. Why was such a
conference needed?
• How do nations try to settle disputes
today?
13. AUSTRIA PRUSSIA
Under the Hapsburgs Under the Hohenzollerns
Works to build unified state Unites territory across Germany
Adds Bohemia, Hungary, and Establishes strong government
parts of Poland and Italy Takes power away from the
Maria Theresa is a powerful nobles
ruler Hohenzollerns rule absolutely
Wins support of the people Creates one of the strongest
Organizes the government armies in Europe
Improves tax collection Fredrick II is a powerful
Taxes the nobles and the clergy Attacks Austria and seizes
Defends empire against Silesia
Prussian invaders Fights wars and wins territory
for Prussia
41. • By
1750, Austria, Prussia, France, Engla
nd, and Russia were the strongest
nations in Europe.
• These nations tried to maintain the
balance of power.
• Two or more nations formed alliances
to keep another nation from becoming
too strong.
• To maintain the balance of
power, nation sometimes went to war.
42. What do you think
•What ruling family
began to unite the
German states?
44. Quick write
In 1-2 sentences
1. What two empires emerged after
the Thirty Year war?
2. What are the similarities and
differences between these two
empires?