Bell  Work  

•  Look  at  the  Quick  Facts  chart  on  p.  574.  •  Read  about  the  different  results  of  the  reforma=on.  

•  In  your  opinion,  which  of  those  had  the  largest  impact  on  Europe?  

•  Explain  your  answer  in  a  paragraph.    Use  text  evidence  to  back  up  your  answer.    

The  Poli-cal  Impact  

I  can  iden=fy  European  regions  that  remained  Catholic  and  those  that  

became  protestant  and  explain  how  impacted  religion  in  the  New  World.  

7.52  Locate  and  iden=fy  the  European  regions  that  remained  Catholic  and  those  that  became  Protestant  and  how  the  

division  affected  the  distribu=on  of  religions  in  the  New  World.  (C,  G,  H)    

 

Background  

•  The  Reforma=on  created  division  within  Europe.  In  Spain  most  people  were  Catholic.  In  the  northern  countries  most  people  were  Protestant.  The  Holy  Roman  Empire  was  a  patchwork  of  small  kingdoms,  some  Catholic  and  some  Protestant.  These  divisions  oTen  led  to  poli=cal  conflicts.  

Religious  Wars  -­‐  France  •  Most  people  in  France  were  Catholic,  but  some  became  

Protestants.      •  French  Protestants  =  Huguenots  (HYOO-­‐guh-­‐nahts)  •  Tensions  increased  between  the  two  religious  groups  aTer  

the  French  king,  who  was  Catholic,  banned  all  Protestant  religions.  In  1562  violence  broke  out.  

•  Read  the  ar=cle  and  complete  the  comprehension  quiz  on  the  back.  

Religious  Wars  –  Holy  Roman  Empire  

•  Religious  wars  caused  even  more  destruc=on  in  the  Holy  Roman  Empire.    

•  There,  the  king  of  Bohemia  sparked  a  conflict  when  he  forced  everyone  in  his  kingdom  to  become  Catholic.  

•   In  1618  Protestants  rose  up  in  revolt.  The  rebellion  spread  through  the  Holy  Roman  Empire,  star=ng  what  is  known  as  the  Thirty  Years’  War.  

•  hbps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWRycqvEWzs  •  The  Holy  Roman  Emperor  sought  help  from  other  Catholic  countries.  The  Protestants  also  sought  allies.  The  Catholic  king  of  France  agreed  to  help  them  because  he  didn’t  like  the  Holy  Roman  Emperor.    

Religious  Wars  –  Holy  Roman  Empire  

 •  ATer  30  years  of  figh=ng,  Europe’s  rulers  worked  out  a  peace  agreement  in  1648.  

•  This  agreement,  the  Treaty  of  Westphalia,  allowed  rulers  to  determine  whether  their  countries  would  be  Catholic  or  Protestant.    

•  The  treaty  also  made  the  states  of  Germany  independent  of  the  Holy  Roman  Empire.  

Social  Changes  

•  Read  Social  Changes  on  page  575.  – How  were  leaders  chosen  in  Protestant  churches?  – What  would  congrega=ons  meet  to  do  in  the  New  England  colonies?  

– What  is  federalism?  – Write  a  tweet  with  two  hash  tags  that  summarizes  paragraph  4.