It thus comprises<span> the first seven years of the period of </span>warfare<span> that was continued through the Napoleonic Wars until </span>Napoleon<span>’s abdication in 1814, with a year of interruption under the </span>peace of Amiens<span> (1802–03). The end of 1799 may be conveniently taken as the dividing point between the Revolutionary and Napoleonic phases of the conflict, since in that year the consulate of Napoleon Bonaparte was established
The Marshall Plan, first proposed in 1947 and enacted in 1948, was a U.S. program established to attract European countries into aligning with the United States and halt the spread of communism.