HIST 1400 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Atlantic World, Autocracy, Puritans
30 Nov 2016
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Chapter 14: europe in the atlantic world 1550-1660. Section two ~ competing powers in the new world. England vs. spain: religious conflict, dynastic claims, economic competition in the atlantic world. English economic interests directly opposed those of spain. Threats from spain nurtured english nationalism and fueled the anti- French edict of nantes~ ended the hostility between england and spain. There was a truce between spain and the dutch republic creating a brief end of religious warfare. 1618~ conflicts in german speaking land felt the first effects of the. Reformation: longest period of warfare in history. The 30-year war: the bloodiest war: started as a religious war and created an international struggle for political dominance, 8 million died and many great states were weakened. France became a dominant power for the first time. The 30-year war came from tensions that had been building up since the. Peace of augsburg: catholic and protestant tensions.
