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The Seven Years' War was between every great European power.

The British won the Seven Years' War because France lost its colonies in North America and Britain gained economic domination of India.

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1740: The Start of the War of the Austrian Succession 

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1740: The Start of the War of the Austrian Succession 

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Fredrick II, king of Prussia, wanted Silesia and assumed that the Austrian ruler, Maria Theresa, would not be forceful enough to defend her lands from an attack because she was a woman so he sent his army to takeover Silesia.

Hungary and Great Britain aided Austria in the war. They stopped the aggression, but Prussia still took over Silesia.

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1648: The End of the Thirty Years' War/The Peace of Westphalia 

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1648: The End of the Thirty Years' War/The Peace of Westphalia 

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The Peace of Westphalia was a treaty that ended the thirty years war.

The treaty weakened Spain and Austria but France gained German territory. Also, German princes became independent of the Holy Roman emperor and they made a new method of peace negotiation whereby all participants meet to settle the problems of a war and decide the terms of peace.

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1618: The Start of the Thirty Years' War

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1618: The Start of the Thirty Years' War

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The Protestants in Bohemia did not trust Ferdinand because he was Catholic and revolted against him so he sent an army to stop the revolt and protestant princes took the chance to challenge him.

The Thirty years war was a conflict over religion and territory for power among European ruling families.

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The peace of Augsburg brought and end to the religious fighting in the german states by allowing each prince to chose the religion his subjects would follow.

This is important because it caused increased tension Between the princes, which would eventually lead to the thirty years' war.