HIS103Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Dont
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Balance of power : sharing of power between different states. No country is ever going to be equal. Security of your state depends on the security and safety of other states. You cant have one country be the most powerful. Raison de tat (french word) : fighting wars for the state. Before 148 people fought wars because of religion. Ans: shifts in international power: what was the treaty of westphalia and how did it effect the state system in europe? (1-6) Nations agrred to respect each other rgadless of relion: who were the winners and losers under this settlement? (dutch republic/holy roman empire/ spain/french) (1-6) Hre no longer exists cretes two smaller states. France could now occupy more space cause countires are now smaller: why does france emerge as the strongest european power after 1648? (6-16) Economic intrest/ issue over the control over the spanish. Grand alliance: the triple alliance sweden austri england and dutch republic.
