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Frederick II of Prussia

by Shydais Tucker

Frederick II of Prussia

Frederick

&

Map of Prussia

Prussia Before

Frederick II

Prussia Before Frederick

Prussia After

Frederick II

Prussia

After Frederick

Background

Background

  • Born- January 24, 1712
  • Died- August 17, 1786
  • Parents- Fredrick William 1st and Sophia Dorothea of Hanover
  • Ruled from 1740 till 1786
  • Married once to Elizabeth Christine of Brunswick-Bevern
  • Had no children
  • Lived in Berlin and Potsdam
  • Own Sanssouci (without a concern/worry)

Interesting Fact

Interesting Fact

  • Controlling Father (upbringing & education)
  • Abused & Humiliated
  • Tried to Run away to France or Holland (Lieutenant Hans Hermann von Katte helped)
  • Punished (employed as a junior official & deprived of his military rank)
  • Thought to be Gay

Accomplishments & Failures

Accomplishments

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Failures

  • Accomplishments:
  • The War of Austrian Secession
  • The Seven Years War
  • Unified Rationalism and Military Traditions
  • Failures:
  • Established foundation for unification of Germany States which lead to them being a world leader in early 20th century.
  • Never really understood power politics which is bad because he didn't really gain from the wars that he started and his country came out poorer.

Hall of Fame

or

Hall of Shame?

Hall of Fame or

Hall of Shame

  • I feel like my person should be in the hall of fame because of all the improvements he made to his country.
  • Examples: Doubled the size of the country, Banned Torture, Built canals to encourage trade, liberated control of press and supported religious freedom.

Reflections & Evaluations

  • Most Important Impact- Military efforts
  • Positives- research, questions answered, and design
  • Improvements- theme, sources, timing

Reflection & Evaluation

Work Cited

Work Cited

  • "Frederick II." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 28 Dec. 2017. school.eb.com/levels/high/article/Frederick-II/109417. Accessed 24 Sep. 2018.
  • “Frederick William II of Prussia.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 12 Sept. 2018, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_William_II_of_Prussia.
  • History.com, A&E Television Networks, www.history.com/topics/germany/frederick-ii-prussia.
  • “Accomplishments & Failures.” Frederick The Great, frederickthemonarch.weebly.com/accomplishments--failures.html.

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