2. INTERVIEW: THE RISE OF PRUSSIA

4. Charles VI

5. They reconquered Bohemia and Hungary

6. PRUSSIA´S ARMY Frederick William I and Frederick II , made Prussia a major European power in the 18 th century. In 1740, Frederick II had doubled the army`s size from the initial number of people of the beginning of the 18 th century. It had the fourth-largest army after France, Russia and Austria. The army was the most important institution in the state. Frederick was a dedicated ruler, He enlarged the Prussian army by actively recruiting the nobility into civil service.

7. Frederick William I Frederick II of Prussia

9. Maria Theresa of Austria Marie Antoniette

11. THE SUCESSION WAR OF AUSTRIA Austria (Maria Theresa) & Great Britain VS France & Prussia (Frederick II)

12. THE SEVEN YEARS´WAR ● Treaty of Paris 1763 Austria & France VS Great Britain & Prussia