based. they were seething since day one. the british were planning on france being a failed state (pitt's confession of not "needing that map"), they even sent troops (along with other european powers) so there was a "controlled demolition" of france. the british were seething at the french, spanish and other european powers for supporting and culminating american freedom. first they targeted france. the "controlled demolition" failed when the first european republic and democracy (kind of) in millennia formed and ready to fight the monarchies, clergy and bankers of europe. then the french sanctioned the british which spain and russia agreed. spain was suspicious and russia did not uphold the continental system.  after the napoleonic wars the european powers adopted more or less the napoleonic and french system. feudalism was gone, we are free men!
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