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A decent POD might perhaps be an earlier death or incapacitation of Louis XV, as Choiseul wanted war but was dismissed by the King.
What I find most interesting is what would happen in America in the event of such a war, as all the troubles of the 1760s were coming to a head. Do the Americans reunite behind the Crown if there's a war with France and Spain, at least for a while (especially if the French and Spanish raid the American coast and the colonials decide it might be quite a good idea to pay taxes for defence after all
), or, alternatively, do they use the war as an opportunity to declare independence?
And who do you think would emerge victorious, the Franco-Spanish or the British? Bearing in mind that 10 years later in OTL the Franco-Spanish (and Dutch) were quite successful against a Royal Navy complacent after the victories of the Seven Years' War. And does that depend on what the Americans do? I suspect they'd be less likely to want to side with France and Spain if France and Spain were already fighting Britain before American independence, but I suppose they could just try and declare independence with neutrality and hope the war distracts Britain enough to prevent us doing anything about it...
A decent POD might perhaps be an earlier death or incapacitation of Louis XV, as Choiseul wanted war but was dismissed by the King.
What I find most interesting is what would happen in America in the event of such a war, as all the troubles of the 1760s were coming to a head. Do the Americans reunite behind the Crown if there's a war with France and Spain, at least for a while (especially if the French and Spanish raid the American coast and the colonials decide it might be quite a good idea to pay taxes for defence after all
), or, alternatively, do they use the war as an opportunity to declare independence?And who do you think would emerge victorious, the Franco-Spanish or the British? Bearing in mind that 10 years later in OTL the Franco-Spanish (and Dutch) were quite successful against a Royal Navy complacent after the victories of the Seven Years' War. And does that depend on what the Americans do? I suspect they'd be less likely to want to side with France and Spain if France and Spain were already fighting Britain before American independence, but I suppose they could just try and declare independence with neutrality and hope the war distracts Britain enough to prevent us doing anything about it...