SwitzerlandHistoire suisse 17 · Swiss history
What was one consequence of the Reformation for the Confederation?
In the exam (French)
Quelle a été une conséquence de la Réforme pour la Confédération ?
- aThe Catholic cantons left the Confederation and became Austrian.Les cantons catholiques ont quitté la Confédération et sont devenus autrichiens.
- bThe Pope forbade the cantons for ever to make alliances with each other.Le pape a interdit pour toujours aux cantons de conclure des alliances entre eux.
- cAll the cantons became Reformed within a few years and have remained so to this day.Tous les cantons sont devenus réformés en quelques années et le sont restés jusqu'à aujourd'hui.
- dThe cantons split into Reformed and Catholic; there were wars of religion.Les cantons se sont divisés entre réformés et catholiques ; il y a eu des guerres de religion.Correct answer
Why?
Some of the cantons adopted the Reformation, the others stayed Catholic. Wars of religion followed, such as the Kappel Wars (1529 and 1531), but the Confederation survived.
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