Some key dates in the history of Switzerland: 1291 - Origin of the Old Swiss Confederacy when three cantons form an alliance to resist outside control.A loose confederation of independent small ...

“[The old Swiss confederacy] was a very poor country – it was not suitable for large-scale farming and it had no access to colonial resources and no sea access, so being mercenaries was just a ...

Switzerland’s reliance on democracy extends in part to the founding of the Old Swiss Confederacy in the late thirteenth century, ... And in 2013, Swiss voters strongly supported ...