Marie Therese declared war on King Frederick of Prussia, hoping against hope that she would recover her Silesia that had been stolen from her. Elizabeth, Empress of Russia, planned with her and Madame de Pompadour also plotted with them, as she did most of the thinking of the Louis XV. She herself might as well have been the ruler. Louis XV was really bored with the whole thing, but as he did not have any particular objection, he signed the contract to go to war with King Frederick.
King Frederick, scornful as ever, called it the "Petticoat Plot" because the three most powerful women - or as Frederick called them, the Petticoat Wearers, had plotted against him. All the empires of the world joined in to fight against Europe: Spain, Austria, France, Russia, Sweden... all except England.
England thought it would be a good idea if she helped King Frederick, mostly because they had a German King and he didn't want his province of Hanover to be captured by the French.
Frederick was a little in despair; he and Prussia were in danger. Luckily for England, William Pitt did agree with the king - they did need to go to war on Frederick's side.
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