A World Without: Farewell America

I shre the view that the french revolution is too mutch like OTL.
You know that Louis XVI tried to reform France? And that most of thoses reform were picked up by the revolutionary. Louis XVI lacked the backbone to impose the reforms as he feared that the nobility and clergy would start a rebilion. Thomas Jefferson tried to persuade Louis XVI to issue a charter of rights iotl. TTL revolution might have been lead by the king against the nobility and the clergy. There has been a documentary on french television that is called Louis XVI l'homme qui ne voulait pas être roi/Louis XVI the man who did not want to become king. It is really interesting the man really wanted his peoples happiness I don't know if it exist in english but most of the negative view we had on him came from his opponent.
http://tele.premiere.fr/News-Photos...ait-pas-etre-roi-Victime-des-prejuges-3012730
 
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Just started checking out this TL. Very cool. Certainly looking foward to see where you take it.
 
I shre the view that the french revolution is too mutch like OTL.
You know that Louis XVI tried to reform France? And that most of thoses reform were picked up by the revolutionary. Louis XVI lacked the backbone to impose the reforms as he feared that the nobility and clergy would start a rebilion. Thomas Jefferson tried to persuade Louis XVI to issue a charter of rights iotl. TTL revolution might have been lead by the king against the nobility and the clergy. There has been a documentary on french television that is called Louis XVI l'homme qui ne voulait pas être roi/Louis XVI the man who did not want to become king. It is really interesting the man really wanted his peoples happiness I don't know if it exist in english but most of the negative view we had on him came from his opponent.
http://tele.premiere.fr/News-Photos...ait-pas-etre-roi-Victime-des-prejuges-3012730

Thanks for the input! This is a really interesting view on the revolution actually. Its good to see that it wasn't all Louis's fault.

Most of the re-write is going into the French Revolution and playing it out a little more differently. Though tbh I really lay the revolution at the feet of Louis as he was too timid to take any direct action and listened to much to his wife and various members of the Privy Council whose "advise" mainly constituted "Run away." The way I see it, his lack of action, bad advice and a general tendency to run when the going got to hot was what lead to the downfall of the monarchy. IMO a more radical revolution is just as possible where the nobility is completely abolished or reduced to ceremonial status and a different style republican government can be set up. To that end I'm changing some things around while keeping some the same. A revolution IS going to happen, there was just too much malcontent in the country for it to be avoidable.
 
It wasn't a question of him being too timid. Most of what we know of him come from his republicans detractor it is only recently that we historians are searching real fact. The revolution was in my opinion avoidable the king was aware that the finance were bad he tried reforms but the nobility and the clergy put a lot of pressure on him and going as far as telling lies the to peoples and they even threatened his live. My opinion is it could go etheir way violence might not be avoidable but the revolution as we know it certainly can.
 
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