Packet 1: Tossup 13

All kings of this country swore to uphold the Henrician Articles, which were named for Henry de Valois. (15[2])This country’s (-5[1])king Augustus the Strong’s (15[2]-5[1])desire (15[1])to (15[1])regain (15[1])Livonia (15[1])after it was lost (-5[1])to Sweden in a destructive (-5[1])mid-1600s (15[1])invasion led it to side with Russia in the (-5[1])Great (15[1])Northern War. This country’s (15[2])legislature, (15[1]-5[1])which could be (15[1])obstructed by any single member, was called the (*) Sejm (10[1])(“same”). This country's Winged Hussars helped (10[1])defeat Ottoman forces at the 1683 Battle of Vienna. (10[1])In 1795, this country was partitioned for the third and final time. For 10 points, name this political union between a Baltic country and a country (10[1])with its capital at Warsaw. ■END■ (10[6]0[2])

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