Causes of the Great Northern War

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For what primary reason did Peter the Great wage a twenty-one-year war against Sweden?

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To secure a European port for Russia on the Baltic Sea

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To fulfill military obligations under an alliance with Austria

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To act upon his deep resentment toward his Swedish mother

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To advance the political goals of Finnish nationalism

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To retaliate against Swedish rulers who had insulted him

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