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Peace of Augsburg was a peace treaty that prevented the Catholics and Protestants to going to war over their religious beliefs. The treaty attempted to stop wars when both sides signed for peace. The Peace of Augsburg ended up failing after a couple of years.
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The French Wars of Religion was smaller wars between the French catholics and Huguenots (protestants). In the end the Huguenots were given freedom and rights. These french wars weakend the monarchy in France.
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King Charles IX sent out murderers to kill the Protestant leaders. Which this led to a massacre of thousands of protestants killed in France.
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This put a temorary end to the wars between the catholics and protestants. Henry IV signed this edict.
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The 30 years war was a religious war that was the longest and most brutal war in history. It was against the catholics and protestants to see who would rule over Europe. This war formed the Holy Roman empire.
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The Treaty of Westphalia was signed to end the 30 years war. This treaty shifted the power control in Europe. The Holy Roman empire broke and the states they controlled were able to take back their past religion.