CH4 Sec4
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markkale1221 on October 28, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Defenestration of Prague | Protestants threw Catholic soldiers out the window this started the 30 years war |
| Thirty Years War | started locally and a religious war, then became more political and it was in all of Europe |
| Peace of Westphalia | series of treaties ending the 30 years war |
| Depopulation | loss of population |
| Mercenary | soldiers for hire |
| Maria Theresa | Queen of Austria, first Austrian woman to rule as queen in her name |
| Frederick II | king of Prussia, took Salesia from Austria |
| Frederick William I | King of Prussia before its son, he was famous for making the army the strongest and made his son more fierce |
| Elector | German princes who elcted the Holy Roman Emperor |
| Junkers | Prussian nobles used by the Frederick kings in their army as officers |
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