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Prussia attempts to exploit this context to extend control into north German region. French disapproval leads to conflict, and Prussia’s defeat at Jena and then Auerstedt, with Berlin occupied by the end of 1806.
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Peace of Tilsit humiliates Prussia – reparations, land loss. Napoleon follows this up with the introduction of the Code Napoleon into Prussia and Rheinbund – laws, rights, reduced Church role, end of serfdom (1810), all accompanied by rising taxes and army recruitment.
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Frederik Wilhelm II appealed to ‘my people’ and ‘Prussians and Germans.’ Prussian army numbers 280,000 (mostly from military service.)
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