Sentence examples for Swiss Confederation from inspiring English sources
proper noun
The full, official name of Switzerland, a Western European country.
Near the southeastern corner of Lake Ägeri is Morgarten, the scene of the great victory of the Swiss Confederation (Schwyz and some confederates from Uri) over the Habsburgs in 1315.
Consequently, the Swiss Confederation benefited from the ample supply of labour available.
Bern, which was a member state of the Swiss Confederation, hoped to make territorial gains at Charles's expense.
The Swiss Confederation and the cantons together finance additional support for the destitute out of general revenues.
Situated at the heart of the first four cantons of the Swiss Confederation, the lake has numerous historical associations.
In the conflict's aftermath, Zwingli insisted on and used economic pressure to achieve the Reformation of the whole Swiss Confederation.
The Swiss cantons eventually won; the secession of the Swiss Confederation was legalized with the Treaty of Westphalia in 1648.
It is one of the smallest cantons in the Swiss Confederation.
Bern became the political capital of the Swiss Confederation in 1848.
The President of the Swiss Confederation makes about half a million dollars a year).
In 1295 it allied itself with Bern, through which it became associated with the Swiss Confederation.
