Well countries typically allied with their neighbors because they usually had close relations like for instance Britain France and Belgium where all huddled together in west Europe while Germany was close to with Austria Hungary and both had good relations with the ottoman empire. because all of these countries were close together sometimes things got heated and with all of these alliances it was easy for all of these countries to fight each other.
The period from 1550 to 1650 is considered the Spanish Golden Age because of its brilliance in its arts and literature. Philp II was an enthusiastic patron of the arts and also founded academies of science and mathematics.
Yes the smaller states did not like this plan because representation was based on population and they had a smaller population.
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The correct answer is religious laws
