Question

1.9 lesson 4: the thirty years war (20 points) - due 11/22/26 what were two (2) major causes of the thirty years war? please make sure your response includes two examples from the reading sentence starters one major reason for the beginning of the thirty years war was... another cause of the thirty years war was... two reasons for the thirty years war include...

Explanation:

1. The first major cause is religious tension between Protestant and Catholic states in the Holy Roman Empire, exemplified by the Defenestration of Prague (1618), where Protestant nobles attacked Catholic imperial officials, sparking open conflict.
2. The second major cause is political rivalry among European powers, such as France's support for Protestant states to weaken the Habsburg-controlled Holy Roman Empire, turning a regional religious conflict into a wider European war.

Answer:

One major reason for the beginning of the Thirty Years' War was religious conflict between Protestant and Catholic factions in the Holy Roman Empire, exemplified by the 1618 Defenestration of Prague, where Protestant rebels attacked imperial Catholic officials, igniting armed conflict.
Another cause of the Thirty Years' War was political competition between European powers, such as Catholic France aligning with Protestant states to limit the growing power of the Habsburg dynasty that controlled the Holy Roman Empire, expanding the conflict beyond regional religious tensions.