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The Thirty Years War involved all major European powers except who?
England, Poland, and Russia stayed out of the 30 years war. They didn't have a dog in that fight.
Who were the major world powers between 1870 and 1914?
Both UK and USA were the major world powers between 1870 and 1914.
What were the two major alliances in Europe in the years leading up to world war 1?
There were the Central Powers and the Triple Entente, later called the allies.
How many years did the thirty years war last?
The Thirty Years' War began as a civil war and was fought between 1618 and 1648, principally on the territory of today's Germany, and involved most of the major European continental powers. Although it was from the outset a religious conflict between Protestants and Catholics, the rivalry between the Habsburg dynasty and other powers was also a central motive, as shown by the fact that Catholic France under the de facto rule of Cardinal Richelieu supported the Protestant side in order to weaken the Habsburgs, thereby furthering France's position as the pre-eminient continental power. This increased the France-Habsburg rivalry which led later to direct war between France and Spain. The major impact of the Thirty Years' War, which primarily used mercenary armies who had little concern for anyone's rights or property, was to lay waste to entire regions scavenged bare by the foraging armies, causing a much higher than normal death rate among the civilian population, as episodes of widespread famine and disease (a starving body has little resistance to illnesses) devastated the population of The Germanies and The Low Countries, while bankrupting many of the powers involved. The war may have lasted for 30 years, but the conflicts that triggered it continued unresolved for a much longer time. The war ended with the Treaty of Münster, a part of the wider Peace of Westphalia.
What are three major colonial powers?
There are a variety of major colonial powers. These include Britain, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Portugal, as well as Germany.
