For those of you familiar with Frederick II of Prussia, or Frederick the Great, I pose a hypothetical question: Did Frederick's apathetic attitude during the first Silesian War lead to the Austrian and French threats being as severe as they were during the Seven Years War? In other words, did Frederick, in your opinion, fail to take the inititive and crush the Austrian empire, or, once he halted his advance into Lower Silesia, did he deal too leniently with the French and allow them to take the upper hand in the peace settlement that ultimately resulted in Charles V being crowned a puppet Holy Roman Emperor?