It was the idea of wanting to have the individual states be more powerful than the federal government that guided the development of the articles of confederation, which is why they later proved to be inadequate and were replaced with the Constitution.
They were both from Poland and they both fought in US Independence War. Kościuszko was fighting more in norther part of US, he was famous for building forts. Pułaski fought more on south US, he created first American cavalry. They are still national heroes in Poland.
Answer: ENGLAND
The "privateers" were privately owned ships and ship captains. But they had the approval and support of the English government under Queen Elizabeth I (who ruled England from 1558-1603). If they were operating without a government's support, we'd simply call them pirates. But their acts of piracy against the Spanish were part of an overall campaign of England against rival Spain. But since they were "privateers" and not technically in the government's employ, Elizabeth's government could always maintain some denial of responsibility for their actions. Some famous names among the English privateers were Sir Francis Drake and Sir Walter Raleigh.