The History of the Prussian Empire

After the war, the patriots muscled out the orangists to the point where a formal treaty was signed with france in 17 85. But guess who did? That's right, the prussians. Now for decades, prussia had declined to do anything about the drift of dutch politics towards a french orbit - though the british and prussians were allies frederick the great calculated that in the netherlands, no great prussian interests were at stake. And he decided, what the heck, let's get into it. Partly to avenge the honor of his sister willhemina, and partly to set the stage for a new age