What If France Won The Seven Years War? | Alternate History

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What if France, and it's allies of Austria and Russia, won the Seven Years War against Prussia and Britain? Would France make successful use of it's New France colonies in North America, and what would happen to Britain's colonies?
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[MonsieurDean]

As always, we have new videos every Wednesday at 2:30pm EST. We'll also have an additional upload Saturday of this week at the usual time. Don't miss it!
Please also share this video on social media if you enjoyed it. We will be continuing the history of the Greater French Empire in the coming weeks.

[avollant]

At last! A video that give a possible answer to a question that many students in Quebec wondered but were afraid to ask...

[hardlineamerican]

What if the entirety of British North America rebelled during the American Revolution? (Modern USA, Canada, and Anglo-Caribbean)

[jgr]

had Louis XV been more active enough for this scenario to happen, he wouldn't have reniged on his reforms & the French Revolution would never have happened

[joshuawaldorf]

Imagine France being the influence to the world instead of England.

[oliverstianhugaas]

I've got a good one for you.
What if: *Adolf Hitler married the English woman Unity Valkyrie Freeman-Mitford in 1935?*

[asuka]

If France and its allies won the 7 years wars there would be 2 separate peaces, one with Prussia (deciding the future on the continent), and one with Britain (using Hanover as a bargaining chip to get more colonies for France).

Prussia would be royally screwed, in the east they would probably be reduced to the former borders of Brandenburg + Eastern Pomerania. Poland gets East Prussia, Sweden Western Pomerania, Austria Silesia, and Saxony their western possessions (Cleves, Mark, and Ravensburg) while France is compensated with a Bourbon or Bourbon-allied independent Belgium. If Peter III inherits the throne in time to fuck it up he might ensure that Frederick keeps East Prussia, but that's the best they can hope for.

Britain would have to give up overseas possessions in order to guarantee the return of Hanover. Unlike France with Canada and Louisiana however the 13 colonies aren't an option for Britain. Instead Britain would cede colonies such as Hudson Bay and Nova Scotia and some of the less valuable islands in the Caribbean (Bahamas, Montserrat, etc.) to France, and return any occupied colonies in India.
That would mean France remains a strong power in India, in control of the Northern Circars. From there they would fight a proxy war against Britain, siding with the Mughals to overthrow Mir Jafar and install Mir Qasim in Bengal. If they win Bengal wouldn't be a French puppet, but they would be aligned to the French. Britain might even lose their trade posts in Bengal.

I saw you say in some comment you feared this would result in France just ending up in the same situation eventually as it did historically, but that's unlikely. Britain would be struggling financially for the remainder of the century. They would have less colonies to get money from, and the 13 colonies would still be refusing to pay taxes (even with France still in Canada). Meanwhile France has more money from their colonies, new shipyards in Canada, etc. while their borders in Europe have been mostly secured now.
As a result France would develop a greater focus on its navy, which would be ever more dangerous than it was during the American Revolution historically. France would be in a perfect position to start taking over the world like the British did historically, just delayed by a decade or so.

[icyguy]

What if Thomas the Apostle established a Christian empire in India?

[AverytheCubanAmerican]

What if the colony of New Sweden was successful

[oursquidanse]

In our timeline, the French North american colony almost won against the british, even if they were only 60 000 vs 1 500 000 british. They lost the battle of Quebec just because of a very bad strategy. French general Montcalm was not expecting British general Wolfe to climb right off the hill in Quebec city, so the french were beated by a surprise attack. Imagine if Montcalm defended the hill side, his troops would have seen Wolfe and it would have been very easy for the French to defend the hill side and just shoot the british troops while they were climbing.

[jakarnilson]

I would suggest that instead of an English republic (or second Commonwealth), it most likely would have been a second "Glorious Revolution" with Bonnie Prince Charlie installed as Charles III. Unless they could find another branch with a more palatable claim (which is how the House of Hanover got in in the first place.)

[langarasg]

Actually the weak link was the loyalty of France's Native American Allies. They did hold good ties between each other true, however the tribes also wished for the status quo to remain the same, i.e. France and England to be on equal footing in power on the continent so that the tribes would have a strong buffer to deter colonial expansion from either one, and to have a stronger say in negations and trade deals. After all, if they didn't like a proposal of one nation, they could always threaten go to see what the other side had to offer. Since the two nations were at odds with each other, they would want the continued support of the Native tribes, and would compete with each other to have them on their side.

Tribal leaders believed that if either side won, then they would have dominance over America, and thus weaken their own positions in future negotiations, which did happen after England won. And so, once they realized that France could become the victor here, many allied tribes had either switched sides or declared neutrality. Then when England got its act together in the later years and went on the offensive against New France, Native tribes let them cross their lands. The French had little defenses in their colonial borders and relied heavily on said tribes to help man the defenses. Without their aid, New France was quickly overrun.

It didn't help that the French colonies weren't as heavily populated as the English ones (a bit over 60, 000 vs over 1.2 million in America), so their reliance in Native tribes makes sense, which made it that much more of a blow to their war efforts when the tribes decided not to help the French anymore.

[Notgnirracen]

What if Yuan Shikai succeeded in establishing a new Chinese Empire?

[kaladin]

The other day I was thinking, Why does this guy doesn't have more videos about the Seven Years War?
You're great.

[MBKovas]

I like your videos. They're fun to watch. You're doing a good job.

[jacobwhitley]

Quick question mr Z, would you mind putting a few of your sources in the descriptions of your videos? As for a few of these I would love to learn more about the real history behind them.

[neilc.]

You have NO IDEA how long I’ve waited for this video....

[officialzji]

Monsieur Z, I have a question that I REALLY like to asked:
What if the Philippines was a US state?
(Either the entire country or the 3 major islands of the Philippines)

[AbrahamLincoln]

What if the European powers intervened in the American Civil war and the conflict would turn into a world war with many theatres in Africa, Asia, Europe, Middleast, North America and South America? French intervention in Mexico during the time would be similar to this.

[theodoretex]

What if Benelux formed and became a prominent power in Europe?
What if (insert nation/empire) had colonized (insert anywhere on earth)
What if Monsieur Z changed his name to anything not french?