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The French and Indian War began in 1754, due to a dispute between Britain (mostly the British colonists) and France over control of territory in North America, specifically the Ohio River Valley.

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The French revolutionaries, on the other hand, were trying to destroy French society as they knew it and start over with something else. Bloodshed was in the revolution’s DNA.

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Explanation: The French Diplomatie mentions: “A legacy of the Age of Enlightenment, the motto "Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité" first appeared during the French Revolution.” 4.

Meanwhile, Burke and Gibbon viewed the French Revolution as the prime threat to European order and civilisation, with Britain as one of the few remaining oases of stability.