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In OTL, a weak British government decided not to intervene in the Corsica crisis, feeling it was too late to do anything. They were bitterly condemned in the British press and in parliament. One of the excoriators was a certain William Pitt.

So what happens if Pitt is still PM and the Brits send the navy to attack the French forces? How much would this spiral? The Austrians and the Spanish are still in alliance with the French, and as much as they dislike French expansion, they both wanted to maintain the French alliance and a direct attack by the British clearly invokes the terms. Austria's presence likely involves the Prussians coming in on Austria's side. So with the exception of Russia, we have 7YW mark 2.

What are the results of this? Everyone is tired from the last war, but the French and Spanish navies are in a bad way and the have not had chance to build them up again. Meanwhile the Brits have far more borrowing capacity then the French. Do France and Spain lose even more colonies? Which ones? What happens in central Europe?
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