The French Empire was destined to be what Great Britain became in the future. France before it suffered the Revolutionary Wars and eventually the Napoleonic Wars, was a leading continental power, and was the second largest colonial power, next to Spain. France had lands in Canada and the United States. It was currently dominating economically and militarily except for their navy, Which the British happened to have. The French Empire is still crucial and talked about in modern society and sometimes discussed in politics. What exactly would've happened had the French won the Seven-years war, what if the French never lost superpower status to Great Britain, well I can answer it for you.
The French and British in the modern day are considered allies as of now, but they've had a troubled past, they were once rivals with each other, wanting colonial dominance to see who was the true superpower among the two. The decline of France's colonial empire start with the Seven Years War. They seemed to be winning the war, which was fought around the entire world, and some individuals consider it to be the first World War. Battles raged in Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas. Naturally France was losing some of the colonial battles but still won some of them. Ultimately France lost, and now only had French Louisiana. This is the point where the British seemed to have the upper hand and would be the superpower of that era for sure now. However the French somehow gained another shot at being the true superpower during the Napoleonic Wars. During this war Napoleon Bonaparte seemed to have all of Europe under his boot or under his influence. Sadly for the French people Napoleon lost and France, however still being one of the strongest nations lost its competition against Great Britain. But What if the French Won?
If Napoleon had gained a victory against Russia, France would be the dominant power and Great Britain would have no choice but to surrender, as Great Britain traded with the Russians most of the time during the 1800's. We would see a bigger France that would stretch from Lisbon(Portugal) to Warsaw(Poland) and the French would have it's culture be spread across Europe, as most German states had no idea what to do during this era. If France won against the British, we would see a more influential France, possibly see India united by France and have more African Colonies.
If Napoleon had gained a victory against Russia, France would be the dominant power and Great Britain would have no choice but to surrender, as Great Britain traded with the Russians most of the time during the 1800's. We would see a bigger France that would stretch from Lisbon(Portugal) to Warsaw(Poland) and the French would have it's culture be spread across Europe, as most German states had no idea what to do during this era. If France won against the British, we would see a more influential France, possibly see India united by France and have more African Colonies.
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