Frederick the Great

  • Frederick Becomes King

  • Fredrick takes Silesa

    within months of Frederick's rule he takes over the resource rich province of Silesia. but leaded to conflict with Austria which lead to the war of Austrian succession
  • War of Austrian Succession

    War of Austrian Succession
    This picture is of the Battle of Hohenfriedberg. Here the Prussians charged the Austrians leading in a decisive victory. There were many other victories after this leading to Prussia gaining more territory.
  • Testament Politique of 1752

    Frederick made attempts to boost the economy by limiting the money that went out of the country in hopes of increasing the amount that came in.
  • The First Partition of Poland

    The First Partition of Poland
    With this Partition Prussia gained West Prussia, giving the state more territorial coherence and frontiers became easier to defend for them. Also Brandenburg and Pomerania became linked to east Prussia
  • Prussia after Frederick's Rule

    Prussia after Frederick's Rule
    this map shows how much progress Prussia had made because of Frederick.
  • Death/ end of his rule

    When Frederick first became king of Prussia it was a rather small and economically depressed state with about an army of about 83,000 men and when he died the army had 190,000 and a good economy.