Significant Events That Led To Prussia’s Expansion

The rise of Prussia started with one man, Frederick William. Fredrick was the early major ruler of Prussia. Fredrick was important to the rise of Prussia because he was competent to get a large standing(a) army. To sustain a large army Fredrick had to tax his people. Having a large army was the key to Prussias expansion. During the Spanish state of war, he offered his army to the Holly Roman Empire and by doing so gave him the title of King of Prussia. Fredrick treasured Prussia to be a great power in Europe. To reach this goal he introduced a console system of government. By doing this he could take full bear of Prussia.He also enforced a General Directory, which united all areas of the Prussian empire. Due to Fredericks rule the Prussian army was sufficient to double within forty years. This meant that Prussia had the third largest army in Europe. When they only had the thirteenth largest population. Frederick used Prussias large army as a symbol of power and not to be used for ascendance but his son Frederick the second had other ideas. Fredrick the second took advantage of the Prussian army. During his reign Fredrick the second attacked Austria and conquered Silesia during the Silesian war.Frederick II was able to claim polish territories to connect the empire. During his military campaigns he gained the title of Frederick the great. Frederick the great was also able to transform Prussia into an economically powerful state. After the conquering of Silesia Frederick was able to gain raw materials to fuel the Prussian infrastructure. He also added 150,000 acres of farmland, introduced new vegetables to harvest and introduced an indirect tax, meaning that the state would provide more than revenue by this than it did with direct tax.Otto von Bismarck and the unification of Germany Otto von Bismarck was a skilled diplomat and was the premier of Prussia/Germany. Bismarck started many wars that led to Prussias dominance over Austria and France. Bismarck u sed both diplomacies and the Prussian military to achieve a unified Germany. Bismarck brought all the smaller states of Germany and combined them with Prussia, also making sure that Prussia was the most dominant state. Controlling both army and navy.In 1866 Bismarck had started a war with Austria that would cement Germany as one country. The Austro-Prussian war was a decider of who would have more German states. Due to Prussia having an hamper with Italy and better military tactician they were able to defeat Austria. This resulted in more German states under Prussian control over Austria. At the end of Bismarck reign he was able to say that he had attached Prussia with the northern German states creating one unified Germany.