HIS103Y1 Lecture Notes - Great Power, Desertion, Wiping
Document Summary
May 1st 1756 - 1st treaty of versailles defensive alliance. 1 no more conflicts in italy from spain. Letters from saxony and russia made fred ask maria theresa who denied claims of anti-prussia. Fred dealt with 1 state 1 at a time 1v1. Impossible to attack austria since saxony was in the way. Saxony is close to berlin - 50km (proximity) Saxon troops and treasury taken into french hands. 9988 = provided 1/3 of his total expenditure. Fred ensured the coalition and made it stronger. He is seen as the evil one and set up the entire continent vs him. Prussia is not unified so it is vulnerable to get attacked from east and west. Britain could not pay elizabeth 100k per year: elizabeth hates fred for personal reasons. French - denied rights of russians as european power: louis" own son was married to saxon princess = ignoring france as a great power.
