I believe that the answer to the question provided above is because of industrial revolution US shipping industry flourish in the late 1700's
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When Poland changed from Soviet rule to being independent, the people prospered by being able to have economic freedoms and own their own business? True
Patriots are people who wanted to separate the colonies from Great Britain while loyalists are people who thought they were better off being a part of Britain