Gustavus II Adolphus of Sweden entered the Thirty Years' War because he ______________.
A. wanted to support the Bohemian Protestant nobility
B. wanted to expand Swedish power in the Baltics and feared a Catholic Germany would limit his plans
C. wanted to prevent Russia from coming to the aid of the Germans
D. was trying to form a trade agreement with the Dutch Republic, and it supported the Protestant faction
E. wanted to suppress ideas of absolutism under the Holy Roman emperor
Answer: B
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