DBW: The French Revolution succeeds

As you know when the rebels tried storming the Bastille the troops opened fire with cannon and musket fire and broke them apart. Apparently the rebels never heard about the fact that the fort was reinforced by 100 regular soldiers, 48 Swiss grenediers and 4 cannon. The Bastille held a great deal of gunpowder and was a symbol of the monarchy. Would the fortress have been held without the reinforcements? Could the Revolution succeeded ? It did scare the king enough that he granted some more power to the nobility for some tax money . How differently would it evolved from now where the National Constitute Assembly having almost as much power as Estates General?
 
Considering how easily the entirety of France's government was essentially rebuilt from the ground up by Lafayette's Republicans less than a decade later with the meeting of the Estates General in 1795 and then polished to a mirror shine by France's first Protector General, Napoleon, in 1803 its easy to see the Bastille falling in 1789 and heralding a much greater turmoil in France.

And saying the NCA is less powerful than the EG is somewhat unrepresentative of their roles in the Imperial Republic. It's a bit like saying the House of the USA is more powerful than the Senate because the House gets to choose the Senators...

The more interesting question is what happens to a France recovering from turmoil as opposed to the juggernaut that steamrollered England, Austria and Russia in the War of Third Coalition or a France unwilling/unable to help the USA in the First Great War in 1810...
 
Revolution? You mean the Peasants Revolt of 1789? I suppose it would have provided a morale boost. But I think the Bourbons would have won anyway. In my opinion it was the French Civil War that had the real potential to destabilize the monarchy. If Republicans had attempted to intervene when the twin sons of Louis the 17th, Louis and Charles, went to war for the throne.

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Considering how easily the entirety of France's government was essentially rebuilt from the ground up by Lafayette's Republicans less than a decade later with the meeting of the Estates General in 1795 and then polished to a mirror shine by France's first Protector General, Napoleon, in 1803 its easy to see the Bastille falling in 1789 and heralding a much greater turmoil in France.

And saying the NCA is less powerful than the EG is somewhat unrepresentative of their roles in the Imperial Republic. It's a bit like saying the House of the USA is more powerful than the Senate because the House gets to choose the Senators...

The more interesting question is what happens to a France recovering from turmoil as opposed to the juggernaut that steamrollered England, Austria and Russia in the War of Third Coalition or a France unwilling/unable to help the USA in the First Great War in 1810...

Must have had another reform or two that I have missed. I think the War of the Third Coalition doesn't happen as it is unlikely that you can build a juggernaut from the chaos that would follow in less than a couple decades. The US was a bit player in the First Great War and was likely to survive as it did no matter what happened. All the Great Powers were far away and it would be extremelly expensive to try and control what was then a marginal player.
 
Revolution? You mean the Peasants Revolt of 1789? I suppose it would have provided a morale boost. But I think the Bourbons would have won anyway. In my opinion it was the French Civil War that had the real potential to destabilize the monarchy. If Republicans had attempted to intervene when the twin sons of Louis the 17th, Louis and Charles, went to war for the throne.

OOC:
An idea for Kings in TTL

Louis XVI: 1774-1806
Louis XVII: 1806-1850

If it would have succeeded it would have looked like a revolution as they proposed some pretty major changes. But yes, success there was a considerable long shot.
 
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