As was already said, the french material support was necessary for the rebels to succeed. The french provided the insurgents with weapons (they had just finished reequipping their army with new weapons, so they had full warehouses ready to be distributed), ammo, food, uniforms and paid the troops and even government expenses. Without all that, there is no chance of a success of the rebellion and the leaders will hang or go into exile.
As for the effects of the french revolution, the causes of it were numerous; finance was one and the trigger point, but the real cause was that french society was in effect static, with high nobility taking all real political power, while the rising wealthy bourgeoisie and low nobility wanting their say. The combinaison of a bad weather leading to crop failure with a financial crisis which meant the crown could not buy food abroad and subsidise was the trigger. If the french financial state is better (i.e. if king and court do not piss the money away), then the famine can be avoided by subsidising food. This buys some time, but, unless that time is used for structural reforms of the french society (preferably under a constitutional monarchy) as well as financial ones, this only buys, in my opinion, a dozen years at most and the revolution will be triggered by the next crisis (which has interesting butterflies. e.g. Napoleon serving the Ottomans). The reforms in question are not impossible but extremely unlikely, especially given Louis XVI character (or lack thereof).
Another interesting effects is what effects would this have on England? I read that the ARW caused the RN to change a lot of its procedures and standing orders as they proved inneffective in battle against the french navy. What would happen if the RN stays as it is at the beginning of the ARW when the next big war against France occurs (esp if there is no french revolution - which means France is better off financially and so has a stronger navy and the french officer corp is not gutted)? What other effects did the success of the ARW had on England? What about the colonisation in India if the North Atlantic cost of America is still british?
As for the effects of the french revolution, the causes of it were numerous; finance was one and the trigger point, but the real cause was that french society was in effect static, with high nobility taking all real political power, while the rising wealthy bourgeoisie and low nobility wanting their say. The combinaison of a bad weather leading to crop failure with a financial crisis which meant the crown could not buy food abroad and subsidise was the trigger. If the french financial state is better (i.e. if king and court do not piss the money away), then the famine can be avoided by subsidising food. This buys some time, but, unless that time is used for structural reforms of the french society (preferably under a constitutional monarchy) as well as financial ones, this only buys, in my opinion, a dozen years at most and the revolution will be triggered by the next crisis (which has interesting butterflies. e.g. Napoleon serving the Ottomans). The reforms in question are not impossible but extremely unlikely, especially given Louis XVI character (or lack thereof).
Another interesting effects is what effects would this have on England? I read that the ARW caused the RN to change a lot of its procedures and standing orders as they proved inneffective in battle against the french navy. What would happen if the RN stays as it is at the beginning of the ARW when the next big war against France occurs (esp if there is no french revolution - which means France is better off financially and so has a stronger navy and the french officer corp is not gutted)? What other effects did the success of the ARW had on England? What about the colonisation in India if the North Atlantic cost of America is still british?