What events occurred during this period that ruined the possibility of European unity?
What will be an ideal response?
A. Events that ruined possibility of European unity
1. the revival of the Roman Empire failed
a. Charles V tried to claim power and was chosen to the elective
office of "Holy Roman Emperor"
b. most other states resisted this idea, or tried to claim the role for
their own rulers
c. attempt to impose religious uniformity in the form of Roman
Catholicism on his empire failed
2. Spain, the only power capable of imposing unity on Europe, failed
a. 1590s were a turning point for Spain's success
b. the loyalty of subordinate kingdoms showed signs of strain
c. state revenues ebbed
d. a catastrophic decline of population
3. individual European states accumulated power against rivals and over
their own citizens
4. general renewal of conflicts in Western Europe in the 1620s
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