The Bohemian king Ferdinand of Habsburg, aware of the Hohenzollern ambitions, had immediately rejected the agreement; nevertheless, in 1675 the "Great Elector" Frederick William of Brandenburg raised claim to the principalities, when with the death of Duke George William of Legnica the Piast line finally had died
Frederick II, the Great, overcame the resource limitations within Prussia by mastering three aspects of the western way of war: the ability to finance war, possessing a highly disciplined military, and an aggressive mindset toward achieving quick decisive victory, which established Prussia as a major European power. Frederick II accomplished this feat while being surrounded by powerful neighbors that possessed larger populations, armies, and financial excess. His initial assessment on the state
Napoleon versus Frederick the Great I have chosen to compare Napoleon to Frederick the Great. I will compare these two extremely influential leaders through numerous techniques; including their military history, the administration of their territories, the legacy they left upon their countries, among others. Napoleon was a great soldier that graduated from military school at the age of sixteen and quickly worked his way through the ranks. Napoleon was a brilliant leader in battle and consistently
Frederick II, known as Frederick the Great, was Prussia’s king from 1740 to1786. He established Prussia as a strong military power by winning wars and expanding territories. After reading the three sources Frederick is similar to a political leader such as a governor, senator, or president. Frederick II was a very noble man; he combined the qualities of a warrior king with those of an enlightened despot. Rulers are relatable to political leaders they go through a great extent to make decisions that
“Compared with its historical precursors in England and France, industrialization in Germany occurred late, quickly, and thoroughly”. Early German history can be traced back to the House of the Hohenzollern. A family of German rulers, originating as a family of counts in Swabia in the 11th or 12th century. The Hohenzollerns ruled Prussia and eventually united and ruled Germany until the end of World War I. Their strong, rigidly disciplined armies gave Prussia a reputation for military excellence. During
treatment, like his handling of Prussian Catholics and socialists, is of interest both as a problem in itself but also for the insights it gives us into his understanding of the German nation. Bismarck's "Polish Problem" speech delivered to the Lower House of the Prussian parliament is a result of the brutal expulsion from Prussian territory of some 30,000 Poles carried out the year before (1885) and serves as a response to the opponents of that expulsion, the Polish Party and the Central party. It
Parliaments (dominated by the landowning classes) increasingly ruled the state under a Prime Minister (starting with Walpole in the early 1700s). After the death of the last Stuart monarch (Queen Anne) in the early 1700s, the crown passed to the German House of Hanover (bringing the long-reigning George I, George II, and George III). George III and his Tory supporters tried to strengthen royal authority, but George's defeat in the Americas followed by a decades-long debilitating illness left England a
The Unification of Germany in 1871 into a politically and an administratively integrated nation state, is highly regarded as a direct result from a Prussian statesman named Otto von Bismarck and his political strategies. Bismarck used his skill as an excellent orator, his great ability to read and manipulate others, as well as his capability to plan ahead while being able to adapt to situations simultaneously as they arose, is what helped him come into power and eventually unify the German states