Because the fort was a blockage for runners who got supplies from Europe. By the end of the civil war Galveston was the only port the confederates controlled.
It was seen as ok, to break the law.
The country did not have enough people trying to enforce the law.
People would make alcohol, or go find it on the corner.
C. petroleum.
There is a whole wikipedia page dedicated to the petroleum industry of Azerbaijan.
<span>1. I know conflict took shape in the 1790s between America's first political parties.
2. </span><span> Also Hamilton, and the Republicans (also called Democratic-Republicans), led by Thomas Jefferson, were the first political parties in the Western world
3. Then </span>Thomas Jefferson, spoke primarily for agricultural interests and values.<span>
4. Also, </span>Hamilton's great aim was more efficient organization, whereas Jefferson once said, "I am not a friend to a very energetic government.<span>
5. And, finally </span><span>Jefferson, speaking for those who believed in states' rights, argued that the Constitution expressly enumerated all the powers belonging to the federal government and reserved all other powers to the states.</span>