jan 1, 1740 - Fredrick ll becomes king of Prussia Enlightenment

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1. The war of Austrailian Succession- Fredrick II launched an unprovoked attack on the Austrian region in Silesia which triggered the eight-year war

2. Did a lot of reforms and domestic projects after the war. An example is that he began standardizing Prussia's justice system

3.Followed the Enlightenment ideas by banning torture and arguing for a national criminal code

The most important event is how he made Prussia and Berlin capital very successful. An example is when he decided to put amounts of buildings to make Brelin a cultural capital and when he created it into a scientific work of the Berlin Academy.

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