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Political and economic tensions grew among many of the powerful nations of Europe in the early [[17th century]].

* [[Spain]] was interested in the German states, because [[Philip II of Spain]] was a Habsburg and hadheld the territories of the [[Spanish Netherlands]] on German states' western border;

* [[France]] was interested in the German states, because it wanted to quell the growing power of the Habsburgs since they surrounded France's eastern border;

* [[Sweden]] and [[Denmark]], meanwhile were interested in gaining control over northern German states bordering the [[Baltic Sea]].