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Friedrich der Große: |
he was fond of the arts and his father did not like this. His friend was killed when he was young because they both ran away from home. He became the king of Prussia from 1740 to 1786. He patronized the arts (enlightenment) in Prussia and against his odds won the seven year war. |
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Maria Theresia |
only female ruler of the habsburg dominions thanks to her father and the pragmatic sanction. Durfte mit 23 Jahren regieren. |
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Die pragmatische Sanktion |
the pragmatic sanction of 1713 was made by Charles vi to make it possible for his daughter to reign. |
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Aufgeklärter Absolutismus |
friedrich sagt dass in seinem land jeder kann das tun was sie wollen... die religion war vorher nur genau wie sie es wollten. Jetzt gab es mehr Freiheit |
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Der 7 jährige Krieg |
Begann mit dem unangekuendigten Ueberfall Preussens auf Sachsen. this was similar to the First World War. Most people were fighting against friederich. France and England fought against each other as well. The miracle of the seven years war was that friederichs army was exhausted and they had little soldiers left over and somehow they didn't lose the war in the end. → Schiefe Schlachtordnung |
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Die Schlacht von Lützen |
one of the main battles of the thirty years war. The battle was between the Protestant Swedish armies led under Gustav adolf and the catholic side albrecht von wallenstein. The battle ended with Gustavo adolf dead on the battle field. This was detrimental to the Protestant side. |
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Die “schiefe” Schlachtordnung |
this was a military tactic founded by Alexander the Great in 4th century bc where one side of the line is stacked more than another side. This created an angled or oblique formation in which they attacked in a stronger concentration of force. It was a very successful formation for friederich and his armies. |
