What if France Keeps the Austrian Netherlands in 1748?

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What if France Keeps the Austrian Netherlands in 1748?

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Post by Futurist » 29 Apr 2016, 07:42

What if French King Louis XV was a realist rather than an idealist and would have thus kept the Austrian Netherlands in 1748.

Indeed, any thoughts on this?

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Re: What if France Keeps the Austrian Netherlands in 1748?

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Post by Futurist » 29 Apr 2016, 22:03

For the record, France would have much more natural resources (especially, but not only, coal) after 1748 in this scenario, which in turn could help France industrialize faster and/or earlier in comparison to real life (after all, more coal = easier and faster industrialization):

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