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Prussia was obviously very fortunate to come through the 18th Century as well as it did. It then played a major role in fighting revolutionary France, and was a major instigator in starting them due to the Declaration of Pilnitz.

What if Prussia remained a fairly small German state - perhaps being split up during the Seven Years War? If Austria and Russia were the only continental powers, would there have been less threatening behaviour towards the new French Republic, which contributed to the siege mentality and the Jacobin takeover?
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