Question

What local conflict sparked the Thirty Years' War? How did that cause it to widen into a general European war?

Answer 1

Answer:

The end of the Thirty Years War produced a number of dramatic consequences and altered Western Europe in significant religious, political, and social ways. Generally speaking, the post-war period produced the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire and the subsequent fall of the Hapsburg powers

Ferdinand II of Bohemia attempted to limit the religious activities of Protestants. Protestants throughout Europe rebelled against the dictates of the Holy Roman Empire.