130 likes | 592 Vues
Frederick II of Prussia. By Peter Richmond & Josh Brown. http://www.visitvoltaire.com/images/frederick_portrait_at_ferney14k.jpg. http://itineri.de/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/220px-Friedrich_Zweite_Alt.jpg. History. Born Jan. 12, 1712 Ruled Prussia 1740-1786 Seven years war
E N D
Frederick II of Prussia By Peter Richmond & Josh Brown http://www.visitvoltaire.com/images/frederick_portrait_at_ferney14k.jpg http://itineri.de/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/220px-Friedrich_Zweite_Alt.jpg
History • Born Jan. 12, 1712 • Ruled Prussia 1740-1786 • Seven years war • Died Aug. 17, 1786 http://www.classzone.com/cz/books/ms_wh_survey/resources/images/chapter_maps/wh19_prussia.jpg
Childhood • Raised Harshly • Enjoyed music & poetry • Enjoyed French culture http://staff.fcps.net/eisaacs/paws%20performers/eighth%20note.jpg
Failed Attempts • Ran away • Imprisoned • Accomplice executed
Road to the Throne • Attacked Austria to prove his policy • Bribed the Russians • Offered support to Austria
Problems • Thoughts of suicide • Seven years war • Wasn’t a super power http://www.google.com/imgres?q=seven+year+war+prussia&hl=en&gbv=2&biw=1366&bih=673&tbm=isch&tbnid=JcPcvOld94zmrM:&imgrefurl=http://napoleonistyka.atspace.com/Prussian_army.htm&docid=Rb1pYmEeribi5M&imgurl=http://napoleonistyka.atspace.com/europe_map_seven_years_war.gif&w=572&h=337&ei=X1a2T9fIOMaG
Political Victories • Treaty with Russia • Partition of Poland http://lowiczanka.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/pol-part.gif
Obligations • Kingship • Protect his subjects • Honest administration http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/ImperialCrownOfIndia2.jpg/230px-ImperialCrownOfIndia2.jpg
Historical View • Greatly influenced history • Austro- Prussian conflict • No sympathy for nationalism
Personal View • Interesting • Excellent strategist • Good ruler
Works Cited Blumberg, Arnold. "Hussars at the Gates of Berlin: A Lightning Raid That Captured Prussia's Capital City Embarrassed Frederick the Great and Made Cavalry Leader Andreas Hadik a Man to 'Watch out For'" Gale Cengage Learning. Gale, Autumn 2007. Web. 8 May 2012. <http://http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA200424293&v=2.1&u=s0940&it=r&p=GPS&sw=w>. "Frederick II." History.com. A&E Television Networks, 2009. Web. 10 May 2012. <http://www.history.com/topics/frederick-ii-prussia>. McGoldrick, James E. "Frederick the Great." Salem History. Salem Press. Web. 8 May 2012. <http://http://history.salempress.com/doi/full/10.3331/GL18_3641012811?prevSearch=Frederick%2Bthe%2BGreat&searchHistoryKey=&queryHash=ec36c9c6549f353587c51ffd246a8f8d>. McVety, Amanda K. "Frederick II (The Great)." Frederick the Great: 1740-1786. World History Chronology, 17 Dec. 1998. Web. 10 May 2012. <http://www.thenagain.info/webchron/westeurope/FredGreat.html>. Rickard, J. "Frederick II (the Great) (1712-1786), King of Prussia (1740-1786)." Frederick II (the Great) (1712-1786), King of Prussia (1740-1786). History of War, 29 Oct. 2000. Web. 10 May 2012. <http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/people_frederickgreat.html>. Showalter, Dennis. "Frederick II: Crazy, Vindictive and Nasty, but Still Great." Gale CengageLearining. Gale, June 2007. Web. 8 May 2012. <http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA213402988&v=2.1&u=s0940&it=r&p=GPS&sw=w>.