WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
It was a series of wars in Europe. It began in Bohemia. Ferdinand, the Catholic Hapsburg king wanted to assert his power. He decided to suppress the Protestants. A few rebellious Protestants threw 2 royal officials out the window. This sparked a revolt which Ferdinand tried to suppress. It didn’t work & the war was started. It was a horrible war & ⅓ of the German population was killed.
A
Seven Years’ War
B
Thirty Years’ War
C
Hundred Years’ War
D
English Civil War
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Who won the Thirty Years’ War? The Thirty Years’ War began in 1618 and ended with the victory of the Catholics in 1648. The Protestants fought against the Catholics with the help of other Protestant nations, including England, Denmark, and the Dutch Republic.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Thirty Years War began as a religious war, fought between Roman Catholics and Protestants in Germany. It developed into a political struggle between the Catholic Habsburgs of the Holy Roman Empire (Austria, most of the German princes and occasionally Spain).

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