They were risking the lives of people and the cargo on the ships.
If you mean the excerpts of Thomas Paine's Common Sense which was about the Americans desire for independence, he meant that the British became so concerned. Paine also said that it is also different from other countries and is overly complicated.
The answer to the question is A.
True. Examples of that are wind power, hydropower, solar energy, coal, and natural gas.
