Frederick the Great Notecards: Leadership and German History PDF

Notecars (PY PRITN AGAIN PLS) Background Information Flag Was the Elector of Brandenburg - restored Hohenzollern domains after 30 Years War Initially took over a ravaged land - which make his feats more remarkable, greatly expanded their borders into Pomerania Lots of work towards ter...

Notecars (PY PRITN AGAIN PLS) Background Information Flag Was the Elector of Brandenburg - restored Hohenzollern domains after 30 Years War Initially took over a ravaged land - which make his feats more remarkable, greatly expanded their borders into Pomerania Lots of work towards territorial integration, with the systematic colonisation of the territory Acquired clear sovereignty over ducal (duchy of) Prussia Laid the foundation for a unified, powerful German state Dagger Great military commander and leader He realised that he couldn’t do much without an army, so he started to organise them in 1644 - eventually grew to 40,000 and 4th largest in Europe Restored Hohenzollern dominions after 30 Years War Not a sword though - he was forced to yield much of his territorial gains by allies Short reach - his ambitious plans for colonial expansion (like on the Guinea coast of Africa) didn’t really work out Brought great improvements in military technology and organisation Scale Represents justice, and also balance After Louis XIV’s rise to power, FW’s strategy to maintain balance of power (and prevent the threat of foreign powers) by supporting the weaker side in conflicts, which they did by supporting the Dutch vs France In 1673, after being forced into peace with France, policy of neutrality, which coincidentally can also be symbolised with scales (which he maintained until HRE declared war on France) The swift “tip of the “scale” - represents how quickly he switched sides in wars, like in the First Northern War (Poland, armed neutrality, Sweden, back to Poland) Also, caused small improvements in judicial (and educational) systems, which his son then significantly advanced Gavel Represents his lawmaking and reforms to the bureaucracy Really good at getting what he wanted Forced the estates to pay for the army, later removed their control over finances and taxation Gavel represents absolutism - he is the one holding the gavel, but he had a council to pang the gavel to, centralised political administration Reorganised state finances, had great economic success through systematic colonisation of the territory, canal construction, and establishment of mercantilist factories Efficient bureaucratic machine (General War Commissariat), first to levy taxes for the army and then to govern the state Swastika Swastika, because of his similarities with Hitler Both were powerful absolutist German leaders who greatly reformed the country when it was in a bad place Hitler - after hyperinflation in crippling WWI war debt, and Frederick after the damage done in the 30 years war, brought great economic improvement Built up a large and powerful German army that held great sway over European politics and was innovative (new technologies and organisation, strategies, like Blitzkrieg in Hitler’s case) Military ambitions were not met thanks to weak allies (Italy for Hitler, (PY PLS FIND IN THE ARTICLE) for Frederick) However, foreign policy different - Hitler in a time of weak leaders, which meant that he could invade and expand the borders more freely, but in Frederick’s time Louis XIV and other powerful leaders were around, who provided resistance and even forced him to yield some of his gains