HIS103Y1- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 19 pages long!)

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4 Oct 2017
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Why europe: europe has never been totally dominated by one single power, different states in europe gain power independently because they need to protect. In his will, he divided his lands in two (1558), but it stayed within the family. Italy and spain goes to his son (spanish habsburgs: germany and austria (holy roman empire) went to his brother. Wars of religion: 30 years war, 1618-1648, 1618, a new empire (catholic) is elected and as the struggles between protestants and. Catholics continue, some catholics in bohemia come to control bohemia. It is a conundrum: war is on the horizon in either case, there were problems with either decision. Lecture 3 (september 18, 2017): the seven years war (1754/6-1763) part 1: germany is a region during the seven years war (syw) Important to the french: the river linked their settlements in what is now canada and what is now louisiana. It was there avenue of transport and trade through the continent.