Chapter 17 2nd Homework Assignment
Read pages 573 to 581. Stop at the Reforms of Peter the Great
Go to tetrad.stanford.edu/Fredrick.html (Fredrick the Great’s Military
Instructions to His Generals)
Answer the following questions:
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How did Fredrick feel about the military?
How did Fredrick recruit men into the military?
What sort of man did he primarily look for to be in his military?
Was he successful in building a dominant military?
Explain his obsession with the military?
How was the army used in state building in Prussia?
Was the Prussian army of the 17th and 18th centuries truly one to
be reckoned with? Explain.
Be prepared to write about the differences and similarities between life
for serfs in Eastern Europe and for peasants in Western Europe.