Effects of the Revolutionary War in France

Would the French Revolution have occured differently if France did not intervene in the American War of Independance?

I think it would occured later - but the king would have needed some money at a certain point (maybe 1800), he would have assembled the Estates General and the revolution would have broke out.

Or a hunger rebellion would have occured before that.
 
Would the French Revolution have occured differently if France did not intervene in the American War of Independance?

Tricky. French intervention was quite satisfying for France in terms of revenge after the Seven Years War, but it effectively bankrupted the country. Plus a lot of French soldiers and sailors came from the new USA with all these heretical ideas about democracy, which they spread around quite a bit.
Without those two elements then I have no doubt that the French Monarchy might have stumbled on for another decade or so, before something happened to upset the apple cart. The status quo was increasingly unworkable.
 
A revolution would have occured in the late XVIIIth century or very early XIXth at the latest. However, it would not be the same as OTL. La Fayette would not have anything like his OTL role and likely neither would Napoleon (likely he would be in service of the Sublime porte). The end result could be anything from constitutional monarchy to full collectivism, ranging the full gamut in between through anarchy and Sparta-type dictatorship.
 
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