1798 French fleet in Egypt anchors just a little bit closer to land than they did in OTL
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Brit Thomas Foley is not able to sail on the landward side of the French
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Nelson does not have lopsided victory in the Battle of the Nile
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Napoleon has much more success in Egypt - at least for some time
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Napoleon stays in Egypt and does not return to France in 1799
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France limps on without good continental leadership and the War of the Second Coalition last a few more years, with more French loss
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Spain's King Charles IV does not sign Louisiana over to the French
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US gets along well enough with Spanish holders so there is no compelling need to put a US flag over New Orleans. Louisiana land stays Spanish.
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>>> Side effect: In 1803 Spain's king decided that smallpox vaccination should be available to Spanish colonies at state expense. This would include Spanish Louisiana
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Pro-British Ferdinand VII becomes king of Spain in 1808 but in TTL it sticks (France is a little weaker).
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Sometime during the Hispanic American wars of independence, say 1813 or so, Louisiana forms an independent pro-American nation.
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