With the advancements in Astronomy we have been able to explore the unexplored,gather information about other solar systems/suns/planets and galaxy's.
Answer has 2 votes. The largest city in 1776 was Philadelphia, followed by New York and Boston. At the time of the nation's independence the total population in the U.S. was 2.5 million.
Blaming the collapse of world trade and other economic failures on Jewish financiers.