Explain how the protestant reformation affected the catholic church over time

It significantly reduced the Catholic Church's political power. Before the reformation, the pope had authority over even European governments. This power started to decay as Christian populations split into Catholic and other denominations. As a result, the population of European Catholics dropped, as some people adopted Martin Luther's doctrine. Further, common folk started reading the Bible for themselves, thanks to Luther's translation of the Bible into German, a language that many people understood; this is significant because people no longer needed to rely on a priest to interpret the scriptures from Latin-- people could look in the Bible for themselves, in their own language.

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here are some major conflicts i found. maybe pick one and do more research on it. (cause i ain't writing 6 paragraphs)

in 1877, the nez perce war took place.

1881 - president james garfield was assassinated.

1882 - the chinese exclusion act was passed.

1883 - a decision in the civil rights cases legalized racial segregation in the united states.

1887 - the dawes act was passed.

1893 - the panic of 1893 took place. (what a creative name)

and there are probably other topics you can find if you just search up "united states timeline," or "conflicts in the 19th century for america."

then once you find a topic you like find out how it affected the people of america and what not. (sorry if this feels a bit short changed, history was and never will be one of my strong topics)

the triple alliance. germany and austria-hungary were already allies by 1879 when, worried about a threat from russia, they formed the dual alliance. italy joined the group in 1882. there was a concern about a possible attack from france and the alliance needed powerful friends to defend it.