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Why did Frederick II think Maria Theresa would not
fight back?

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Frederick Chooses More War
He believed that Maria Theresa did not really accept his hold on Silesia and that Great Britain's George II disliked him. He feared Maria Theresa's husband, Francis, becoming Holy Roman Emperor in place of Charles VII. ... The British were mortified and pledged more money to Austria.
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