Jhomely Delossantos, Group #4: 2002 Exam

●Thematic Essay: Compare and contrast the goals and major policies of Peter the Great of Russia with those of Frederick the Great of Prussia.

●Critical Trigger Words: Compare and contrast = look at the differences and the similarities

●Two Step Direction Phrase: Focus on the policies that were passed by both Peter the Great and Frederick the Great. But one has to also remember to evaluate their similarities as well as their differences.

Introduction

Three Step Arc

BP: Changing

jobs and the growth of the Middle Class

x

Dir: Focus on Textiles, and the rise of the Cult of

Domesticity

Narrow Focus: Peter the Great and Frederick the Great found different ways to keep their power and the nobles under control

Big Picture: The monarchs during this era wanted to keep their power at all cost but their approach to the problem varied

Focus:What are the differences and similarities between Frederick the Great and Peter the Great ?

Direction: Peter the Great took a more strict and suppressive approach while Frederick found as to please everyone

Introduction

The age of the Enlightenment opened the door to new ways of thinking and goals that lead to the nobility seeking a bigger voice within the government while the monarchy wanted to modernize and suppress the nobles. The power of all monarchies were put to the test as more of the nobles were questioning their power. Different monarchies approached this new found problem with the nobles with different methods. For example Peter the Great from Russia and Frederick the Great from Prussia are two rulers who had to find ways to control the nobility. Although Peter decided to use strict policies to keep his power Frederick was more of a politique.

Body One

Focus: Changes in

textiles alters the “Family

Economy”

Changes in Textiles alter where works

is done

What alterations to the historic role of the

“family economy

Where work in done

impacts roles on men, women, children

- Goal was to modernize Russia - Wanted to modernized after experiencing the west and their culture and tradition

- Introduced army to drafting and policies from the west - Table of Ranks draw the nobility into state service

- Charged the looks and dress of the people and made them pay for actually keeping their beards

Focus: Peter the Great

Body One

Peter the Great was the tsar of Russia. Russia was considered the backwards country since it had not modernized as the other European powers. Peter the Greats’ goal was to modernize Russia after he experience life in the western hemisphere. Once he was in power he created policies like that of the table of ranks which would draw the nobility into state service. This reminded the nobles that they were not in charge and kept them from questioning the power of the tsar. The army was introduced to drafting and policies for officers and general military discipline from the West. However, Frederick the Great took a different approach that would keep the nobles and his people’s interest intact.

Body Two

Focus: Changes in

the Job Second

Industrial Rev

Growth of Bureaucracies = rise of the petit bourgeoisie =

women in the jobs market

Devaluation of women’s skill = lower wages =

exploitation...Middle Class Women in

the homeIntroduce the idea of the alteration of gender roles as a

result: Cult of domesticity

-Goal was to keep his absolute power-Believed his own personal interest should always be subordinate to the good of his subject

-Required the nobles who sought positions to quality by merit -Created civil service commission to manage examination -Allowed professors

to discuss new ideas-Allowed catholics and Jews to settle in Lutheran country - Nobles join court

Focus:Frederick the Great of Prussia

Body Two

Frederick the Great is considered a politique because he took into account everyone’s needs. His goal during his regime was to keep his absolute power but also to rationalize the legal system and make it more effective. Although the nobles wanted to look for more power which would impacted the monarchy he still kept control by requiring the nobles to have their positions but they needed to qualify by merit. He also allowed the nobles to join his court as another way to please them. Frederick also depicted his Enlightenment ideas by allowing students to learn new ideas of the era and also supported religious toleration.

Body Three

Focus: The Cult of

Domesticity

Gender Roles/Women as the focus of the family/children/Rousseau/Emile

Husbands are the

breadwinners: b/c 0f changes

in job market/wages Middle

Class/gender specific

roles/legal factors/advertisements/houseware

s Focus: Peter the Great V.S Frederick the Great

Peter was more strict and gave the nobles no type of opinion within the regime Frederick took the outlook of being nice to get loyalty

Frederick the Great used Enlightenment ideas to support is people while Peter didn’t take his subjects opinion into consideration Both of these men tried to

better their monarchies. Peter was trying to get respect by modernizing and Frederick wanted to find a common ground

Body Three

Peter the Great and Frederick the Great both wanted to keep the nobility under control while modernizing their empires. However they found different ways to control the nobles. Frederick gave them what they wanted but placed more requirements on them. Peter passed laws that would give the nobles no real voice in the government and placed them to do military service.Peter’s approach to the nobles would create resentment but since people were more scared of him and the power of his army no rebellion was successful. Frederick took a pragmatic approach to make sure everyone agreed with his decision to avoid any conflict or risk of losing power.

Conclusion

Looking

ahead...

Recap briefly how the family changes

The rise of what we

may consider

“the family” Rise of

Feminism as an effect

Recap the goals and major policies that were put in place by Frederick the Great and Peter the Great

Describe how their policies and goals were different and similar

Looking forward how the policies helped shape the monarchy

All things considered..

Conclusion

In retrospect, Peter the Great’s approach to modernizing and controlling the nobility had to do with enforcing fear while Frederick the Great found the most practical way to make everyone agree with him while at the same time he was able to get his goals accomplished. Although both of these monarchies were looking for ways to keep control Peter’s approach was more successful since he was able to keep the nobility from rising up. Frederick the Great’s policies only kept his subjects in control for a short period of time while Russia soon became a major European power.

Miscellaneous

●Remember to make introduction from broad to narrow

●Always refer your body paragraphs to the prompt that was given to you