<span> Started with a religious conflict between Catholics & Protestants in today’s Germany. </span> <span>Later,
the major European powers interfered. They claim to help the “oppressed
Catholics/ Protestants” but they have other agendas such as greed, or
fear of the gains old enemies might achiever, etc.
So mainly religious conflict, European powers >.< thats all i found over this subject :) </span>
Many of the founding fathers believed (and turned out to be someone correct) that political parties would lead to the disintegration of the Union. People in favor of them thought they would foster progress.
