With whom did France fight in the 18th century?
In the 18th century, the imperial wars of Britain and France raged in Europe over colonial possessions. Colonial contradictions resulted in a confrontation during the Seven Years War (1756-1763). Britain was in alliance with Prussia and opposed the alliance of France, Russia and Austria.
The revolution in France proclaimed the new principles of the bourgeois state – democracy, the abolition of estates, human rights and freedoms. These ideas were unacceptable in the monarchical states of Europe of the XVIII century, which led to the need for France to conduct revolutionary wars. The first coalition (1791-97) against France included the countries: England, Prussia, Naples, Tuscany, Austria, Spain, Holland; The second coalition (1798-1802): England, Russia, Turkey, Austria, the Kingdom of Naples.
