FC.107 PRUSSIAN REFORMS IN THE NAPOLEONIC ERA AND THEIR IMPACT

1. C FC.107 PRUSSIAN REFORMS IN THE NAPOLEONIC ERA AND THEIR IMPACT Napoleon’s defeat of Prussia in 1807 (FC.106B) Severe penalties imposed on Prussia Army cut to 42,000 men Indemnities equal to 140% of Prussia’s revenues before it lost 1/2 its lands Lost nearly half its lands Prussia realizes need to reform in order to fight France Govt. reforms from above to prevent rev. from below Educ. reforms influenced by ideas of Johannes Fichte: Glorify ancient Ger. tribes to create national traditions These traditions should be taught in public schools End serfdom & feudal privileges Give peasants 2/3 land they had worked Promotions by merit in the army These, along with Bismarck's later reforms supposedly benefiting factory workers Germans prone to accept w/o question the rule of a govt. they saw as benevolent Made intellectuals active in schools, but also made them subordinate to interests of nation & prone to affirm ideas w/ absolute conviction rather than question them German people & intellectuals more prone to fall victims to groups who misused these ideas for their own purposes Rise of Hitler & the Nazis (FC.134 Influenced ideas on the modern welfare state Influenced ideas on modern public education World War II (FC.136)

2. C FC.107 PRUSSIAN REFORMS IN THE NAPOLEONIC ERA AND THEIR IMPACT Napoleon’s defeat of Prussia in 1807 (FC.106B)

3. C Army? FC.107 PRUSSIAN REFORMS IN THE NAPOLEONIC ERA AND THEIR IMPACT Napoleon’s defeat of Prussia in 1807 (FC.106B) Severe penalties imposed on Prussia Prussia’s Army? Army cut to 42,000 men Indemnities equal to 140% of Prussia’s revenues before it lost 1/2 its lands Lost nearly half its lands

4. C Prussia’s territory? FC.107 PRUSSIAN REFORMS IN THE NAPOLEONIC ERA AND THEIR IMPACT Napoleon’s defeat of Prussia in 1807 (FC.106B) Severe penalties imposed on Prussia Army cut to 42,000 men Indemnities equal to 140% of Prussia’s revenues before it lost 1/2 its lands Lost nearly half its lands

5. C Indemnities equal to? FC.107 PRUSSIAN REFORMS IN THE NAPOLEONIC ERA AND THEIR IMPACT Napoleon’s defeat of Prussia in 1807 (FC.106B) Severe penalties imposed on Prussia Army cut to 42,000 men Indemnities equal to 140% of Prussia’s revenues before it lost 1/2 its lands Lost nearly half its lands

6. C FC.107 PRUSSIAN REFORMS IN THE NAPOLEONIC ERA AND THEIR IMPACT Napoleon’s defeat of Prussia in 1807 (FC.106B) Severe penalties imposed on Prussia Army cut to 42,000 men Indemnities equal to 140% of Prussia’s revenues before it lost 1/2 its lands Lost nearly half its lands Indemnities equal to 140% of Prussia’s revenues before what?

7. C Prussia realizes what? FC.107 PRUSSIAN REFORMS IN THE NAPOLEONIC ERA AND THEIR IMPACT Napoleon’s defeat of Prussia in 1807 (FC.106B) Severe penalties imposed on Prussia Army cut to 42,000 men Indemnities equal to 140% of Prussia’s revenues before it lost 1/2 its lands Lost nearly half its lands

8. C What do they learn there? Govt. reforms from above to prevent what? FC.107 PRUSSIAN REFORMS IN THE NAPOLEONIC ERA AND THEIR IMPACT Napoleon’s defeat of Prussia in 1807 (FC.106B) Severe penalties imposed on Prussia Army cut to 42,000 men Indemnities equal to 140% of Prussia’s revenues before it lost 1/2 its lands Lost nearly half its lands Prussia realizes need to reform in order to fight France Glorify ancient Ger. tribes to create national traditions These traditions should be taught in public schools End serfdom & feudal privileges Give peasants 2/3 land they had worked Promotions by merit in the army These, along with Bismarck's later reforms supposedly benefiting factory workers Germans prone to accept w/o question the rule of a govt. they saw as benevolent

9. C What do they learn there? FC.107 PRUSSIAN REFORMS IN THE NAPOLEONIC ERA AND THEIR IMPACT Napoleon’s defeat of Prussia in 1807 (FC.106B) Severe penalties imposed on Prussia Army cut to 42,000 men Indemnities equal to 140% of Prussia’s revenues before it lost 1/2 its lands Lost nearly half its lands Prussia realizes need to reform in order to fight France Govt. reforms from above to prevent rev. from below Glorify ancient Ger. tribes to create national traditions These traditions should be taught in public schools Social reform? End serfdom & feudal privileges Give peasants 2/3 land they had worked Promotions by merit in the army These, along with Bismarck's later reforms supposedly benefiting factory workers Germans prone to accept w/o question the rule of a govt. they saw as benevolent

10. C What do they learn there? FC.107 PRUSSIAN REFORMS IN THE NAPOLEONIC ERA AND THEIR IMPACT Napoleon’s defeat of Prussia in 1807 (FC.106B) Severe penalties imposed on Prussia Army cut to 42,000 men Indemnities equal to 140% of Prussia’s revenues before it lost 1/2 its lands Lost nearly half its lands Prussia realizes need to reform in order to fight France Govt. reforms from above to prevent rev. from below The land the peasants worked? Glorify ancient Ger. tribes to create national traditions These traditions should be taught in public schools End serfdom & feudal privileges Give peasants 2/3 land they had worked Promotions by merit in the army These, along with Bismarck's later reforms supposedly benefiting factory workers Germans prone to accept w/o question the rule of a govt. they saw as benevolent

11. C What do they learn there? FC.107 PRUSSIAN REFORMS IN THE NAPOLEONIC ERA AND THEIR IMPACT Napoleon’s defeat of Prussia in 1807 (FC.106B) Severe penalties imposed on Prussia Army cut to 42,000 men Indemnities equal to 140% of Prussia’s revenues before it lost 1/2 its lands Lost nearly half its lands Prussia realizes need to reform in order to fight France Govt. reforms from above to prevent rev. from below Glorify ancient Ger. tribes to create national traditions These traditions should be taught in public schools End serfdom & feudal privileges Give peasants 2/3 land they had worked Promotions by merit in the army Promotions in the army? These, along with Bismarck's later reforms supposedly benefiting factory workers Germans prone to accept w/o question the rule of a govt. they saw as benevolent

12. C What do they learn there? FC.107 PRUSSIAN REFORMS IN THE NAPOLEONIC ERA AND THEIR IMPACT Napoleon’s defeat of Prussia in 1807 (FC.106B) Severe penalties imposed on Prussia Army cut to 42,000 men Indemnities equal to 140% of Prussia’s revenues before it lost 1/2 its lands Lost nearly half its lands Prussia realizes need to reform in order to fight France Draftees (landwehr) in the newly reformed Prussian army Govt. reforms from above to prevent rev. from below Glorify ancient Ger. tribes to create national traditions These traditions should be taught in public schools End serfdom & feudal privileges Give peasants 2/3 land they had worked Promotions by merit in the army These, along with Bismarck's later reforms supposedly benefiting factory workers What problem? These, along with Bismarck's later reforms supposedly benefiting factory workers Germans prone to accept w/o question the rule of a govt. they saw as benevolent

13. C What do they learn there? Influenced ideas on? FC.107 PRUSSIAN REFORMS IN THE NAPOLEONIC ERA AND THEIR IMPACT Napoleon’s defeat of Prussia in 1807 (FC.106B) Severe penalties imposed on Prussia Army cut to 42,000 men Indemnities equal to 140% of Prussia’s revenues before it lost 1/2 its lands Lost nearly half its lands Prussia realizes need to reform in order to fight France Govt. reforms from above to prevent rev. from below Glorify ancient Ger. tribes to create national traditions These traditions should be taught in public schools End serfdom & feudal privileges Give peasants 2/3 land they had worked Promotions by merit in the army These, along with Bismarck's later reforms supposedly benefiting factory workers Germans prone to accept w/o question the rule of a govt. they saw as benevolent

14. C What do they learn there? Major influence from above? FC.107 PRUSSIAN REFORMS IN THE NAPOLEONIC ERA AND THEIR IMPACT Napoleon’s defeat of Prussia in 1807 (FC.106B) Severe penalties imposed on Prussia Army cut to 42,000 men Indemnities equal to 140% of Prussia’s revenues before it lost 1/2 its lands Lost nearly half its lands Prussia realizes need to reform in order to fight France Govt. reforms from above to prevent rev. from below Glorify ancient Ger. tribes to create national traditions These traditions should be taught in public schools End serfdom & feudal privileges Give peasants 2/3 land they had worked Promotions by merit in the army These, along with Bismarck's later reforms supposedly benefiting factory workers Germans prone to accept w/o question the rule of a govt. they saw as benevolent Influenced ideas on the modern welfare state

15. C FC.107 PRUSSIAN REFORMS IN THE NAPOLEONIC ERA AND THEIR IMPACT Napoleon’s defeat of Prussia in 1807 (FC.106B) Severe penalties imposed on Prussia Army cut to 42,000 men Indemnities equal to 140% of Prussia’s revenues before it lost 1/2 its lands Lost nearly half its lands Prussia realizes need to reform in order to fight France Govt. reforms from above to prevent rev. from below Educ. reforms influenced by ideas of Johannes Fichte: What do they learn there? Glorify ancient Ger. tribes to create national traditions These traditions should be taught in public schools End serfdom & feudal privileges Give peasants 2/3 land they had worked Promotions by merit in the army These, along with Bismarck's later reforms supposedly benefiting factory workers Germans prone to accept w/o question the rule of a govt. they saw as benevolent Influenced ideas on the modern welfare state

16. C FC.107 PRUSSIAN REFORMS IN THE NAPOLEONIC ERA AND THEIR IMPACT Napoleon’s defeat of Prussia in 1807 (FC.106B) Severe penalties imposed on Prussia Army cut to 42,000 men Indemnities equal to 140% of Prussia’s revenues before it lost 1/2 its lands Lost nearly half its lands Prussia realizes need to reform in order to fight France Govt. reforms from above to prevent rev. from below Educ. reforms influenced by ideas of Johannes Fichte: Where are these traditions learned? Glorify ancient Ger. tribes to create national traditions These traditions should be taught in public schools End serfdom & feudal privileges Give peasants 2/3 land they had worked Promotions by merit in the army These, along with Bismarck's later reforms supposedly benefiting factory workers Germans prone to accept w/o question the rule of a govt. they saw as benevolent Influenced ideas on the modern welfare state

18. Odin

19. A photograph of a German in the 19th century posing as a Teutonic hero

20. Teutonic heroes such as Siegfried were a popular theme for the operas of the 19th century composer Wagner

21. Brunhilde, the archetypal Teutonic heroine.

22. Teutonic Normans (l.) & Franks. Interestingly, these are from an old French history text.

23. C FC.107 PRUSSIAN REFORMS IN THE NAPOLEONIC ERA AND THEIR IMPACT Napoleon’s defeat of Prussia in 1807 (FC.106B) Severe penalties imposed on Prussia Army cut to 42,000 men Indemnities equal to 140% of Prussia’s revenues before it lost 1/2 its lands Lost nearly half its lands Prussia realizes need to reform in order to fight France Govt. reforms from above to prevent rev. from below Educ. reforms influenced by ideas of Johannes Fichte: Glorify ancient Ger. tribes to create national traditions These traditions should be taught in public schools End serfdom & feudal privileges Give peasants 2/3 land they had worked Promotions by merit in the army These, along with Bismarck's later reforms supposedly benefiting factory workers Germans prone to accept w/o question the rule of a govt. they saw as benevolent Made intellectuals active in schools, but also? Influenced ideas on the modern welfare state

24. C FC.107 PRUSSIAN REFORMS IN THE NAPOLEONIC ERA AND THEIR IMPACT Napoleon’s defeat of Prussia in 1807 (FC.106B) Severe penalties imposed on Prussia Army cut to 42,000 men Indemnities equal to 140% of Prussia’s revenues before it lost 1/2 its lands Lost nearly half its lands Prussia realizes need to reform in order to fight France Govt. reforms from above to prevent rev. from below Educ. reforms influenced by ideas of Johannes Fichte: Glorify ancient Ger. tribes to create national traditions These traditions should be taught in public schools End serfdom & feudal privileges Give peasants 2/3 land they had worked Promotions by merit in the army These, along with Bismarck's later reforms supposedly benefiting factory workers Germans prone to accept w/o question the rule of a govt. they saw as benevolent Made intellectuals active in schools, but also made them subordinate to interests of nation & prone to affirm ideas w/ absolute conviction rather than question them Influenced ideas on? Influenced ideas on the modern welfare state

25. C FC.107 PRUSSIAN REFORMS IN THE NAPOLEONIC ERA AND THEIR IMPACT Napoleon’s defeat of Prussia in 1807 (FC.106B) Severe penalties imposed on Prussia Army cut to 42,000 men Indemnities equal to 140% of Prussia’s revenues before it lost 1/2 its lands Lost nearly half its lands Prussia realizes need to reform in order to fight France Govt. reforms from above to prevent rev. from below Educ. reforms influenced by ideas of Johannes Fichte: Glorify ancient Ger. tribes to create national traditions These traditions should be taught in public schools End serfdom & feudal privileges Give peasants 2/3 land they had worked Promotions by merit in the army These, along with Bismarck's later reforms supposedly benefiting factory workers Germans prone to accept w/o question the rule of a govt. they saw as benevolent Made intellectuals active in schools, but also made them subordinate to interests of nation & prone to affirm ideas w/ absolute conviction rather than question them German people & intellectuals more prone to what? Influenced ideas on the modern welfare state Influenced ideas on modern public education

26. C FC.107 PRUSSIAN REFORMS IN THE NAPOLEONIC ERA AND THEIR IMPACT Napoleon’s defeat of Prussia in 1807 (FC.106B) Severe penalties imposed on Prussia Army cut to 42,000 men Indemnities equal to 140% of Prussia’s revenues before it lost 1/2 its lands Lost nearly half its lands Prussia realizes need to reform in order to fight France Govt. reforms from above to prevent rev. from below Educ. reforms influenced by ideas of Johannes Fichte: Glorify ancient Ger. tribes to create national traditions These traditions should be taught in public schools End serfdom & feudal privileges Give peasants 2/3 land they had worked Promotions by merit in the army These, along with Bismarck's later reforms supposedly benefiting factory workers Germans prone to accept w/o question the rule of a govt. they saw as benevolent Made intellectuals active in schools, but also made them subordinate to interests of nation & prone to affirm ideas w/ absolute conviction rather than question them German people & intellectuals more prone to fall victims to groups who misused these ideas for their own purposes Rise of ? Influenced ideas on the modern welfare state Influenced ideas on modern public education

27. C FC.107 PRUSSIAN REFORMS IN THE NAPOLEONIC ERA AND THEIR IMPACT Napoleon’s defeat of Prussia in 1807 (FC.106B) Severe penalties imposed on Prussia Army cut to 42,000 men Indemnities equal to 140% of Prussia’s revenues before it lost 1/2 its lands Lost nearly half its lands Prussia realizes need to reform in order to fight France Govt. reforms from above to prevent rev. from below Educ. reforms influenced by ideas of Johannes Fichte: Glorify ancient Ger. tribes to create national traditions These traditions should be taught in public schools End serfdom & feudal privileges Give peasants 2/3 land they had worked Promotions by merit in the army These, along with Bismarck's later reforms supposedly benefiting factory workers Germans prone to accept w/o question the rule of a govt. they saw as benevolent Made intellectuals active in schools, but also made them subordinate to interests of nation & prone to affirm ideas w/ absolute conviction rather than question them German people & intellectuals more prone to fall victims to groups who misused these ideas for their own purposes Rise of Hitler & the Nazis (FC.134 Influenced ideas on the modern welfare state Influenced ideas on modern public education ?

28. C FC.107 PRUSSIAN REFORMS IN THE NAPOLEONIC ERA AND THEIR IMPACT Napoleon’s defeat of Prussia in 1807 (FC.106B) Severe penalties imposed on Prussia Army cut to 42,000 men Indemnities equal to 140% of Prussia’s revenues before it lost 1/2 its lands Lost nearly half its lands Prussia realizes need to reform in order to fight France Govt. reforms from above to prevent rev. from below Educ. reforms influenced by ideas of Johannes Fichte: Glorify ancient Ger. tribes to create national traditions These traditions should be taught in public schools End serfdom & feudal privileges Give peasants 2/3 land they had worked Promotions by merit in the army These, along with Bismarck's later reforms supposedly benefiting factory workers Germans prone to accept w/o question the rule of a govt. they saw as benevolent Made intellectuals active in schools, but also made them subordinate to interests of nation & prone to affirm ideas w/ absolute conviction rather than question them German people & intellectuals more prone to fall victims to groups who misused these ideas for their own purposes Rise of Hitler & the Nazis (FC.134 Influenced ideas on the modern welfare state Influenced ideas on modern public education World War II (FC.136)