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    WI France makes a moves in Europe, not America, during the American rebellion - 'quand le lion sera absent le coq jouera'

    If you re-look at the OP, I took that royal match out of the timeline as part of a Franco-Austrian 'distancing' in advance of the ATL. Yes, in the circumstances of 1778, France might have chosen to support any Austro-Bavarian deal, but it would have gained France absolutely nothing on the...
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    WI France makes a moves in Europe, not America, during the American rebellion - 'quand le lion sera absent le coq jouera'

    Interesting - So with regard to America, Britain is likely to say 'hold my beer yankee traitors, I've got some frogs to stew', figuring there is time to smash them later or to negotiate a deal or for the sulky colonists to come to their senses and ask for forgiveness on their own (this last not...
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    WI France makes a moves in Europe, not America, during the American rebellion - 'quand le lion sera absent le coq jouera'

    WI France made a power-political move in Europe, not America, during the American rebellion? What I have in mind is a French move to conquer and annex the Austrian Netherlands, the type of French expansion which Britain always objected to, while Britain is busy employing its limited military...
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