All things aside being equal, sooner or later the French revolution was bound to happen, with or without the American revolution
All things aside being equal, sooner or later the French revolution was bound to happen, with or without the American revolution
Would there be a Patriot Revolt? It was triggered in part by the Dutch collapse during the Revolution and the dispute over how the Netherlands should act during the war.
Something like the patriot movement was basicly unavoidable. The late Dutch republic was so incredibly corrupt a reaction would happen (and in fact has happened a couple of times before the patriot movement). Combined with the continuus struggle in the Dutch republic between supporters and opponents of the Stadholders something like the patriots was more or less unavoidable. The American revolution was an inspiration not a cause of the patriot movement. I am certain that without it something else would inspire it (or it could even occur without the inspiration). Sure it would be different, maybe less effective (or even more effective), but something like it would happen in my opinion.Would there be a Patriot Revolt? It was triggered in part by the Dutch collapse during the Revolution and the dispute over how the Netherlands should act during the war.
All things aside being equal, sooner or later the French revolution was bound to happen, with or without the American revolution
Something like the patriot movement was basicly unavoidable. The late Dutch republic was so incredibly corrupt a reaction would happen (and in fact has happened a couple of times before the patriot movement). Combined with the continuus struggle in the Dutch republic between supporters and opponents of the Stadholders something like the patriots was more or less unavoidable. The American revolution was an inspiration not a cause of the patriot movement. I am certain that without it something else would inspire it (or it could even occur without the inspiration). Sure it would be different, maybe less effective (or even more effective), but something like it would happen in my opinion.
Why?
AFAIK, France's heavy involvement in the ARW took an equally heavy toll on France's coffers. And since cutting down on the luxury for the Court and the nobility wasn't going to happen, the ARW definitely contributed to the emergence of the French revolution, in so far as the economic side goes.
Also, let's not discount the psychological effect that the ARW had, in that it showed the world that it WAS possible to rise up against the opression that had been the status quo of France for centuries.
The late Dutch republic was so incredibly corrupt a reaction would happen