edHelper.com European History: 1600s-1800s

The Peace of Westphalia

---

The Peace of Westphalia
Reading Level

	edHelper's suggested reading level:	grades 5 to 8
	Flesch-Kincaid grade level:	8.21

Vocabulary

	challenging words:		provision, democracy, wage, provided, navigation, sovereignty, twentieth, various, compromise, religion, unit, european, emperor, kings, public, lasted
	content words:		Thirty Years War, Holy Roman Empire, Rhine River, Holy Roman, French Revolution

---

Print The Peace of Westphalia

Print The Peace of Westphalia  (font options, pick words for additional puzzles, and more)

Quickly Print - PDF format

	Quickly Print: PDF (2 columns per page)
	Quickly Print: PDF (full page)

Quickly Print - HTML format

Quickly Print: HTML

Proofreading Activity

Print a proofreading activity

---

Feedback on The Peace of Westphalia

Leave your feedback on The Peace of Westphalia  (use this link if you found an error in the story)

---

The Peace of Westphalia By Sharon Fabian

---

¹     The Peace of Westphalia brought an end to a war that had lasted for thirty years! That alone is enough to make it go down in the history books, but the Peace of Westphalia is important for another reason, too. It was the beginning of the system of government in which states, or countries as they are often called, are the most important unit of government. This is the system of government that is still followed today in Europe and many other places on earth.
 
²     The Peace of Westphalia included several treaties, all of which ended various conflicts of the Thirty Years War. The two that occurred in 1648, the year that the war ended, were the Treaty of Munich and the Treaty of Osnabruck.
 
³     There were two treaties signed that year because the Catholics and the Protestants would not agree to meet in one place. The Catholics met in Munster, the location chosen by France. The Protestants met in Osnabruck, the location chosen by Sweden. All together, hundreds of delegates and other officials met in these two locations. These two treaties became the first major peace treaties to be signed by such a large number of participants.
 
⁴     The terms of the treaties were complicated. The Holy Roman Empire had not surrendered at the end of the war but rather had been worn down by years and years of fighting. Many of the other countries were tired of fighting, too. So the treaties included many compromises.

Paragraphs 5 to 14:
For the complete story with questions: click here for printable

---

Weekly Reading Books

Create Weekly Reading Books Prepare for an entire week at once!

---

European History: 1600s-1800s

European History: 1600s-1800s

---

Social Studies

Social Studies

2004 Elections         2008 Elections         United States History and Theme Units         American Government         Ancient America         Ancient China         Ancient Egypt         Ancient Greece         Ancient India         Ancient Mesopotamia         Ancient Rome         Biographies         Canadian Theme Unit         Country Theme Units         Crime and Terrorism         Economics

European History: 1600s-1800s         Explorers         Famous Educators         Geography         Grades 2-3 Social Studies Wendy's World Series         History of Books and Writing         History of Mathematics         How Can I Help?         Inventors and Inventions         Middle Ages         Renaissance         World Religion         World War I         World War II         World Wonders

---

More Activities, Lesson Plans, and Worksheets

Back to School Graphic Organizers Alphabet Worksheets Sight Words Math Worksheets Mazes 50 States Monthly Themes January February March April May June July August September October November December

Fractions Place Value Time and Calendar Money Earth Day Solar System Analogies Nouns Following Directions Listening Capitalization Cursive Writing Patterns and Sequencing Dinosaurs All About Me Kindergarten First Grade Second Grade Third Grade Fourth Grade Fifth Grade Sixth Grade

Multiplication Division Main Idea Cause and Effect Measurement Decimals Rounding Order of Operations Verbs Community Helpers Adjectives Plants Grammar Addition and Subtraction Contractions Bulletin Board Ideas Word Searches Crossword Puzzles Printable Puzzles Reading Comprehension Reading Skills English Language Arts

Copyright © 2011 edHelper