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I've been working on this idea for a while. It's still kind of rough, so please bear with me.

Genoa has no choice but to sell Corsica to the French. However, Corsica does not go quietly. TTL, Britain intervenes on Corsica's behalf. The British public is highly in favour of this action, but Britain does not stand alone. Sardinia and Spain are also keen to support the Coriscans.
The Junius letters allege that France would have backed down if Britain showed firm opposition; I think this is correct. Faced with British intervention in Corisca, they withdraw, humiliated.
This has the effect of butterflying away Napoleon. He never joins the French military, instead remaining in Corsica.

Britain OTL lost a lot of international standing for failing to intervene in Corsica. This is believed to have negatively impacted efforts to secure an alliance with Russia. TTL, this effort thus succeeds; by 1770 Britain has successfully negotiated an alliance with the Russian Empire.

I see the Revolutionary war as ending roughly the same way it did OTL. The French Revolution, however, will turn out quite differently. The same goes for the War of 1812...
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