Western Civilization II / Unit 3 WC2 0204 short lesson, about 20 seconds
King in Prussia, 1701, and an Army With a Country
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The idea
Frederick I gained the title King in Prussia in seventeen-oh-one, the witness's date. His son Frederick William I, the Soldier-King, put all state power into the army: thirty thousand to eighty-three thousand, the anchor's figures, with conscription and military reserves.
In practice
He lived in a few rooms and wore his uniform everywhere.
Where people slip
An army with a country, the anchor says.
Your place on the trail
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