How Did Frederick II Increase Serfdom
Frederick II: Ever since I have been king I have helped thousands of people in Prussia. I have improved the economy by providing a better education, giving freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and decreased restriction.
Catherine the Great: I give you credit because you have helped thousands of people but, you have also put your people in danger by leading your country into many wars.
Frederick II: I lead my country into wars to fight the people who try to hurt us. How about when you tortured innocent people by increasing serfdom?
Catherine the Great: I increased serfdom to try to expand my empire. Your empire wasn’t increasing at all because you didn’t use serfdom in your economy.
Frederick II: And you also increased serfdom to try to please the nobility. I’d rather not use serfdom to help my economy because I want to treat …show more content…
Catherine the Great: You didn’t actually end serfdom because you wanted to strengthen your economy.
Frederick II: I never said that I completely stopped serfdom; I reduced it to a bare minimum.
Catherine the Great: That is not completely true because a while back we both agreed to strengthen serfdom to appease our noble classes.
Frederick II: That was back then and during a very hard time in my economy, so I needed a solution and serfdom was the only answer. Now I have other solutions and my economy is different now. And during that time I also helped them by creating new buildings and giving them required education. I also gave the poor serfs farming equipment. And I am still the brightly enlightened one because I have the best government.
Catherine the Great: You actually chose nobleman to work in government positions instead of being members of the middle class. And even though you made all religions live together in peace, Jews were still singled
Catherine the Great: I give you credit because you have helped thousands of people but, you have also put your people in danger by leading your country into many wars.
Frederick II: I lead my country into wars to fight the people who try to hurt us. How about when you tortured innocent people by increasing serfdom?
Catherine the Great: I increased serfdom to try to expand my empire. Your empire wasn’t increasing at all because you didn’t use serfdom in your economy.
Frederick II: And you also increased serfdom to try to please the nobility. I’d rather not use serfdom to help my economy because I want to treat …show more content…
Catherine the Great: You didn’t actually end serfdom because you wanted to strengthen your economy.
Frederick II: I never said that I completely stopped serfdom; I reduced it to a bare minimum.
Catherine the Great: That is not completely true because a while back we both agreed to strengthen serfdom to appease our noble classes.
Frederick II: That was back then and during a very hard time in my economy, so I needed a solution and serfdom was the only answer. Now I have other solutions and my economy is different now. And during that time I also helped them by creating new buildings and giving them required education. I also gave the poor serfs farming equipment. And I am still the brightly enlightened one because I have the best government.
Catherine the Great: You actually chose nobleman to work in government positions instead of being members of the middle class. And even though you made all religions live together in peace, Jews were still singled