DBWI: What if French intervention in the American rebelion?

France already had enough problems with the Napoleonic coup in 1799, look where that got them by 1815. Following the death of His Highness King George III in 1779, His Highness King George IV decided that it would be wiser dealing with angry subjects than happy competitors. The Amnesty Act of 1780 cleared the way for the Trials of Philadelphia in which somehow all but Washington, Adams, and Jefferson were found guilty of treason, Jefferson was released by royal pardon as an act of good faith while Washington and Adams were executed. The remaining 15 defendants served out sentences ranging from exile to hard labor, and Madison eventually was released. The surprising colonial legislature that was permitted afterwards set a precedent, and its capitol at Philadelphia is why the monarchy relocated to Boston - it was the most rebellious city thus the monarchy could keep an eye on it while the Americans had their own capitol complete with its own traditions. Madison's election as the first American Prime Minister was an even more shocking blow but his later memoirs and close relationship to His Highness in later years are even more telling.

All in all the eventual Second American Rebellion regarding the emancipation of slaves was even more bloody, enough so that Napolean III and Charles IX tried their darndest to support it to no avail even resulting in Mexico and Central America falling to the British. Hence why North America is a unified continent today! I think there would be at least a dozen nations out of old Mexico and the American Colonies today had they won their independence, and had the parallel World Wars proceeded as before I'm not sure that the Union Jack would fly on all seven continents as she does today.
 
OOC: Why Boston? I'm doing research for United Kingdom of North America timeline, but I put the new capitol in New York City.


OOC: I was actually thinking of putting it in Boston as a direct counterstroke against the rebels. New York is a larger city, but it wasn't a hotbed of rebellion.

By putting the Capitol in Boston, this cements the loyalty of the colony perceived to be the most disloyal. The Boston Massacre, indeed, the whole start of the violence broke out in Massachusetts. If the UK quickly quashed the rebellion, they'd still have to deal with the colony that caused it all.

Putting the UKA capitol in Boston is a bit more central as well if the UK is part of the country. I could see it as New York, but I think a strong step would be needed to keep Massachusetts from trying again.

IC: French Absolutism is the reason why French Revolutions are possible. While the UKA and a few other countries would continue to expand popular freedoms to its people, the French until 1885 had a three tiered state built to accommodate its nobility and clergy at the expense of everyone else.

Up until the reforms of Jean III, taxes continued to heavily favor the rich over the poor. Now, the time period (1790s or so) is all wrong for this sort of revolution, but a century later the Movement Egalitarian was potentially heading towards revolution. Jean's reforms mostly ensured a social safety net against poverty and penury for the French people, and solved a lot of the tension in French society.

I would consider that if seriously threatened in the 1790s, the French Crown would judiciously appease the masses by conceding a bit of noble wealth to earn popular support. It would take a horrible SNAFU, like having an Austrian Queen alongside the King at that time, to screw things up that badly!
 
France already had enough problems with the Napoleonic coup in 1799, look where that got them by 1815. Following the death of His Highness King George III in 1779, His Highness King George IV decided that it would be wiser dealing with angry subjects than happy competitors. The Amnesty Act of 1780 cleared the way for the Trials of Philadelphia in which somehow all but Washington, Adams, and Jefferson were found guilty of treason, Jefferson was released by royal pardon as an act of good faith while Washington and Adams were executed. The remaining 15 defendants served out sentences ranging from exile to hard labor, and Madison eventually was released. The surprising colonial legislature that was permitted afterwards set a precedent, and its capitol at Philadelphia is why the monarchy relocated to Boston - it was the most rebellious city thus the monarchy could keep an eye on it while the Americans had their own capitol complete with its own traditions. Madison's election as the first American Prime Minister was an even more shocking blow but his later memoirs and close relationship to His Highness in later years are even more telling.

All in all the eventual Second American Rebellion regarding the emancipation of slaves was even more bloody, enough so that Napolean III and Charles IX tried their darndest to support it to no avail even resulting in Mexico and Central America falling to the British. Hence why North America is a unified continent today! I think there would be at least a dozen nations out of old Mexico and the American Colonies today had they won their independence, and had the parallel World Wars proceeded as before I'm not sure that the Union Jack would fly on all seven continents as she does today.
OOC:There is no napoleonic coup read the other post.
 
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