Frederick The GreatIEP 12 Winnie #33

Important Years• Born in January 24,1712

• Inherited the Prussian throne in 1740

• Controlled Silesia 1745 - military genius (Treaty of 1748)

• Died in 1786

Early Life• Frederick William I abused his son

• Frederick II escaped with Katte

• Katte was beheaded by Frederick William

• Frederick II married Elizabeth Christine

• Showed no interest in women

• Interested in music & philosophy

Frederick the Great

population : 2 million

agriculture was stuck

economy wasn’t developedprovinces

weren’t united

population : 6 million

agriculture reforms

increase of lands(75000 square

kilometers)

Prussia before Frederick II

Prussia when Frederick II died

War & Administration

Reforms• Military -> Prussian became the strongest nation

• Government

• Religious tolerance

• Legal system - 1st German code of law

Seven Years War• Frederick invaded Saxony, Austria's ally on August 29,

1756

• Russia's withdrawal in 1762

France

Austria

Saxony

Sweden

Russia

Britain

Prussia

Hanover

Voltaire & Frederick II• Frederick II admired Voltaire and invited him to Prussia

• Voltaire hated militarism

• Gay couple !?

Frederick II was an autocratic king

Voltaire advocated independent

thinking

Candide Chapter II• Two men dressed in blue noticed him. "Comrade,"

said one of them, “there's a well-built young man who's just the right height."

• "No," said one of the men, "we want to know if you dearly love the King of the Bulgars."

• Just then the King of the Bulgars came by and inquired about the condemned man's crime.

• He already had a little skin, and was able to walk, when the King of the Bulgars joined battle with the King of the Avars.

Quotes• The greatest and noblest pleasure which we have in

this world is to discover new truths, and the next is to shake off old prejudices.

• My people and I have come to an agreement which satisfied us both. They are to say what they please, and I am to do what I please.

• If my soldiers were to begin to think, not one of them would remain in the army.

Reference- Amanda Kay McVety. Frederick II. World History Chronology, 17 Dec. 1988. Web. 13 Dec. 2015

<http://www.thenagain.info/WebChron/WestEurope/FredGreat.html>- Biography.com Editors. Frederick II Biography. The Biography.com website, n.d. Web. 12 Dec.2015.

<http://www.biography.com/people/frederick-ii-9301742#frederick-the-great> -Francine McKenna-Klein. Frederick the Great. Bella Online, n.d. Web. 13 Dec. 2015.

<http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art174914.asp>-Frederick the Great. BrainyQuote.com. Xplore Inc, 2015. 14 December 2015.

<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/f/frederickt126450.html>-Frederick the Great. BrainyQuote.com. Xplore Inc, 2015. 14 December 2015.

<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/f/frederickt134397.html>-Frederick the Great. BrainyQuote.com. Xplore Inc, 2015. 14 December 2015.

<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/f/frederickt169307.html>Heritage History. Voltaire And Frederick The Great. Heritage History, n.d. Web. 10 Dec. 2015.

<http://www.heritage-history.com/?c=read&author=morris&book=german&story=voltaire>-History.com Staff. Frederick II. History.com, 2009. Web. 12 Dec. 2015.

<http://www.history.com/topics/frederick-ii-prussia>-History.com Staff. Seven Years’ War. History.com, 2009. Web. 10 Dec. 2015.

<http://www.history.com/topics/seven-years-war>-Michel Munger. Frederick he Great Biography. munger.ca, 25 April, 2010. Web. 13 Dec. 2015.

<http://www.munger.ca/history/frederickthegreat.html>-The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. Seven Years’ War. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11 Nov. 2014. Web. 13 Dec. 2015.

<http://global.britannica.com/event/Seven-Years-War>-Voltaire. Candide. Trans. Lowell Bair. Bantam Dell,1959. Print.

Reference - ImagesFrederick the Greathttps://www.pinterest.com/pin/490048003179268969/

Frederick William Iwww.jamesboswell.info

Elizabeth Christinehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_Christine_of_Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern#/media/File:Elisabeth_Christine_Ehefrau_Friedrich_Zweite_Preussen.jpg

Frederick II & Has Von Kattehttps://www.tumblr.com/search/hans%20von%20katte

Voltaire & Frederick the Greathttp://new.spectator.co.uk/2015/10/frederick-the-great-king-of-prussia-is-a-great-read/