<span>The 17th century saw Sweden as an European "Great Power" and one of the major military and political combatants on the continent during the Thirty Years' War. By mid-century, the kingdom included part of Norway, all of Finland and stretched into Russia. Sweden's control of portions of modern Poland, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania and Germany made the Baltic Sea essentially a Swedish lake.</span>
The <span> important event which led neutral civilians in the South to give their support to the Patriots was: </span>the Patriots' decisive victory at Kings Mountain, South Carolina
Carolina is located directly in the middle of Northern and Southern states so they basically have no political affiliation. After winning the battle of Kings Mountain, half of Caroline (the Northern Carolina) became affiliated with the Northern states.
They believed that the minors had invaded their territory.
