The correct answer to this open question is the following.
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During the British's war with France in the 1800s, the British had to admit they couldn't fight in the Revolutionary War against the colonies in America because they had other battles to fight in Europe against France and its allies. So the English government had to divert money, supplies, and other resources from North America to its battle against the French in what was known as the Bourbon War of 1778 to 1783.
It was a time of so much conflict between the two European superpowers that tried to control trade, positions, and navigation routes in the Mediterranean Sea, the English Channel, and in farther positions in the Indian Ocean.