Create a scenario - avoided French Revolutionary Wars and 19th century WWI

My challenge for you guys is creating an alternate history scenario in which the French Revolutionary Wars are avoided. Hence, the point of divergence is supposed to be around the 80s and 90s of the eighteenth century. Also, another condition is that France does expand, gaining the Rhineland and parts of the Southern Netherlands. Of course, Napoleon's rule and wars are butterflied away. Later, in the ninteenth century, a world war develops. You can choose yourself what the causes, long-term as well as short-term, are, as long as its plausible. Think of the progress of this World War I and if it might cause another World War too, like our world's World War II.

Write - if you choose to accept this challenge - a mini-timeline :) Roughly 300-1200 words, I would say.

Go ahead, show your creativity!

(By the way, for a POD you might want to think about the conflict between the Girondists and the Jacobins and also consider other factions like the Feuillants and Montagnards. Think about, and discuss, other hitorical events as well, such as things going on in the Americas, Africa and Asia. Will there be an American Civil War? Will there be changes in the end of the American Revolutionary War, which ended in 1783 but could be different with a POD in 1780 for example? And how about the decline of the Ottoman Empire and the many Russo-Turkish wars, or the Latin American wars of independence?)
 
I have something, but it's with a POD in the 1750s.

William Pitt does not become Prime Minister of Great Britain. Thus, when the 7 Years' War rolls around, Great Britain doesn't try to take over all of North America, and the British-French stalemate in North America continues. With the French still in America, the colonists still need Great Britain for protection. Therefore the American Revolutionary War doesn't happen and the French treasury doesn't get depleted as much. Likewise, the situation in India stays a stalemate too, with Great Britain having influence over the northern half and France over the southern half.

Sometime between the POD and 1774, kill off Louis XVI, so the crown of France goes to OTL's Louis XVIII of France, who will manage France better than Louis XVI.

This will surely kill off the French Revolution.

Continuing on, the next major war might take place over the Polish question, as something disastrous might happen between the three or four parties vying for a piece of Poland and spark another continental war in Europe. This war would occur around the 1790s, and would be similar to both the War of the Austrian Succession and the 7 Years' War in that it too would technically be a World War, with fronts in India, North America and Continental Europe. If this war were to be for more than 10 years, then it would surely enter the 19th century and therefore can be considered as the first World War in the 19th Century.

As for added bonuses, you could also have China go through some instability during the war, and have Russia and/or other European countries take advantage of the chaos in China by invading it. Also, get Portugal on the opposite side of Spain, and you might have a war in South America too.
 
I have something, but it's with a POD in the 1750s.

William Pitt does not become Prime Minister of Great Britain. Thus, when the 7 Years' War rolls around, Great Britain doesn't try to take over all of North America, and the British-French stalemate in North America continues. With the French still in America, the colonists still need Great Britain for protection. Therefore the American Revolutionary War doesn't happen and the French treasury doesn't get depleted as much. Likewise, the situation in India stays a stalemate too, with Great Britain having influence over the northern half and France over the southern half.

Sometime between the POD and 1774, kill off Louis XVI, so the crown of France goes to OTL's Louis XVIII of France, who will manage France better than Louis XVI.

This will surely kill off the French Revolution.

Continuing on, the next major war might take place over the Polish question, as something disastrous might happen between the three or four parties vying for a piece of Poland and spark another continental war in Europe. This war would occur around the 1790s, and would be similar to both the War of the Austrian Succession and the 7 Years' War in that it too would technically be a World War, with fronts in India, North America and Continental Europe. If this war were to be for more than 10 years, then it would surely enter the 19th century and therefore can be considered as the first World War in the 19th Century.

As for added bonuses, you could also have China go through some instability during the war, and have Russia and/or other European countries take advantage of the chaos in China by invading it. Also, get Portugal on the opposite side of Spain, and you might have a war in South America too.

I love this :) This is perfect. In fact, this might be interesting to write a timeline about. I will see if I will have the time for it. Is there a slight chance you - or anyone else - is interested in writing this with me... perhaps?
 
I have something, but it's with a POD in the 1750s.

William Pitt does not become Prime Minister of Great Britain. Thus, when the 7 Years' War rolls around, Great Britain doesn't try to take over all of North America, and the British-French stalemate in North America continues. With the French still in America, the colonists still need Great Britain for protection. Therefore the American Revolutionary War doesn't happen and the French treasury doesn't get depleted as much...

I was just wondering - wouldn't there eventually be a clash between Britain and loyalist Americans and independence-seekers?
 
As long as France keeps Louisiana a conflict between them and the Americans (whether independent or still British) is inevitable as the large and growing population of the English colonies pushes west. One of the major gripes that lead to the American Revolution was Britain trying to keep American settlers on the east of the Appalachians to prevent conflicts with the indians and French. American settlers already largely ignored British laws and treaties with the indians and settled land that they had no rights to. Even if you avoid the Seven Years War only a determined use of force by the English is going to keep the Americans from settling lands claimed by France and triggering a conflict. Britain's options are to fight France in N. America or let their own colonists hang out to dry when some American idealists try and and capture some French forts. Either way the conflict will escalate into a regional war at the very least.

I think a version of the French and Indian War is probably inevitable by 1750.
 
Definitely doesnt fit the 300-1200 words requirement but my timeline (see sig) fulfills all these requirements. With a POD in the OTL Seven Years War.
 
Just thinking out loud... If Britain doesn't gain as much territory in North America, but there will be no independent United States of America, and it will not win the war with France gaining Louisiana and such, will the British then focus on Asian areas? Is that a possibility? Getting more of the Indian subcontinent will not be an option, because of the stalemate with the French. To avoid a large-scale war with the French, what areas will the British be interested in? I mean, they are Britons, so they gotta have to colonise something more... :) I was randomly thinking about Arabia... would that be possible???
 
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