Compare the political history of England in the eighteenth century with that of Prussia. Discuss the main differences between them. What political parties were emerging in England? Did the two states have anything in common?

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Ans: Prussian “enlightened despotism” has no English counterpart in the eighteenth century, as English parliamentary government and political parties were foreign to Prussia. The two states had some common foreign policy goals and became allies during the Seven Years' War. They were also Protestant powers opposing the Catholic powers of France and Austria. The point of this assignment is to get students to appreciate the contrasting characters of these nations; in the nineteenth century, increasing ties between them will give way to mistrust, hostility, and the twentieth-century wars.