Explanation: The French and Indian War began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. The war provided Great Britain enormous territorial gains in North America, but disputes over subsequent frontier policy and paying the war's expenses led to colonial discontent, and ultimately to the American Revolution.
D. when the government doesn't protect there rights.
General Sherman adopted the policy of total war because he wanted to make the war a very bad experience for the Southerners, so that they will be quite unwilling to go to war in the future.
General Sherman was an American soldier who served as a general in the Union army during the American civil war.