Pedzisa mashoko anotevera: Muna 1740, Mambo Frederick II (Frederick Mukuru) akatanga kutonga. Achishandisa chirevo chechibvumirano cha1537 (chakarambwa naMambo Ferdinand I), icho zvikamu zveSilesia zvaifanira kuenda kuBrandenburg mushure mekutsakatika kwemadzitateguru ayo anotonga Piast, Frederick akapinda muSilesia, nokudaro achitanga Hondo yeMugari wenhaka yeAustria (1740-48). Muna 1744, Frederick akapindazve nechisimba kuti adzivise kutsiva uye kuti atore, panguva ino, dunhu reBohemia. Akakundikana, asi dzvinyiriro yeFrance pamubatanidzwa weAustria Great Britain yakatungamirira kunhevedzano yezvibvumirano nezvikanganiso, zvinoguma mu 1748 Chibvumirano cheAix-la-Chapelle icho chakadzorera rugare ndokusiya Prussia ichitonga rutivi rukuru rweSilesia. Apo Frederick akarwisa Saxony neBohemia mumwedzi mishomanana muna 1756/57, akatanga Hondo Yamakore Manomwe. Hondo iyi yakanga iri hondo yakaoma zvikuru nokuda kweuto rePrussia, uye chokwadi chokuti rakakwanisa kurwisa rutivi rukuru rweEurope risina kukunda chinopupurira unyanzvi hwaFrederick hwokurwa. Mamiriro acho ezvinhu akava akaipa zvikuru kusvikira parufu rwaMambokadzi Elizabeth weRussia (chishamiso cheMhuri yeBrandenburg). Kupinda muumambo kwaPrussofile Peter III kwakaderedza dzvinyiriro yaiva kumabvazuva. Kukunda uto reAustria pa
Hondo yeBurkersdorf uye vachivimba nekuramba vachibudirira kweBritain vachipesana neFrance munhandare dzehondo dzekoloni, Prussia yakazokwanisa kumanikidza "status quo ante bellum" mukondinendi. Mugumisiro uyu wakasimbisa basa guru rePrussia mukati mehurumende dzeGermany ndokusimbisa nyika yacho sesimba guru reEurope. Ikoku kwakapa mavambo kumakwikwi pakati pePrussia neAustria nokuda kwoutungamiriri hweGermany, hunonongedzerwa kwahwo sechiGerman dualism.