The Seven Years War was, in essence, a multi continent war between France and Great Britain.
So, their involvement was total.
If you are referring to the United Nations speech, if they love their children they should stop destroying the environment because the destroyed environment will be the environment where their children will live. She even says that it's alright if they can't fix it, someone else will fix it, they just need to stop destroying it.
an expansion of settlement and growth in the western towns
During the war in Vietnam, the main opponents of the United States were North Vietnam and the Viet Cong, although these forces were being supported by communist states like Russia and China.
Before farming, people lived by hunting wild animals and gathering wild plants. When supplies ran out, these hunter-gatherers moved on. Farming meant that people did not need to travel to find food. Instead, they began to live in settled communities, and grew crops or raised animals on nearby land.