Mediaeval and modern history . to use when the lasteffort should have beenmade. A change by death in thegovernment of Russia nowput a new face upon Fred-ericks affairs. In 1762Empress Elizabeth of thatcountry died, and Peter III,an ardent admirer of Fred-erick, came to the throne,and immediately transferredthe armies of Russia fromthe side of the allies to thatof Prussia. Together wewill conquer the wholeworld, was the sanguinedeclaration of the Tsar ashe joined his forces to thoseof his friend. The alliance lasted onlya few months, Peter beingdeposed and murdered byhis wife, who now came toth
Mediaeval and modern history . to use when the lasteffort should have beenmade. A change by death in thegovernment of Russia nowput a new face upon Fred-ericks affairs. In 1762Empress Elizabeth of thatcountry died, and Peter III,an ardent admirer of Fred-erick, came to the throne,and immediately transferredthe armies of Russia fromthe side of the allies to thatof Prussia. Together wewill conquer the wholeworld, was the sanguinedeclaration of the Tsar ashe joined his forces to thoseof his friend. The alliance lasted onlya few months, Peter beingdeposed and murdered byhis wife, who now came tothe throne as Catherine II. She adopted a neutral policy and recalled her armies; but thetemporary alliance had given Frederick a decisive advantage, andthe year following the defection of Russia, England and Francewere glad to give over the struggle and sign the Peace of Paris 8 William Pitt (later, Earl of Chatham) fell from power in 1761, and liis policy offighting France by helping Frederick was abandoned. Consult sec. Fig. 85. — Frederick the Great ofPrussia. (From a photograph of thestatue presented to the United Statesby Emperor William II, and unveiledat Washington, Nov. 19, 1904) 4/6 THE RISE OF PRUSSIA (1763). Shortly after this another peace (the Treaty of Huberts-burg) was arranged between Austria and Prussia, and one of themost terrible wars that had ever disturbed Europe was was left in the hands of Frederick. The Seven Years War was one of the decisive combats of his-tory. Besides the Anglo-French question in India (sec. 540), itsettled two questions of vast reach and significance. First, itsettled, or at least put in the way of final settlement, the Austro-Prussian question, — the question as to whether Austria or Prussiashould be leader in Germany. It made Prussia the equal of Aus-tria and foreshadowed her ascendancy. Second, it settled the Anglo-French question in America, aquestion like the Austro-Prussian question in Europe. It decidedth
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