Answer:
He funded redemptions by attracting new investors and their capital, but was unable to maintain the fraud when the market turned sharply lower in late 2008. ... In 2009, at age 71, Madoff pleaded guilty to 11 federal felony counts, including securities fraud, wire fraud, mail fraud, perjury, and money laundering.
Explanation:
Well at the time of the U.S. revolutionary war, there were 13 colonies, they were not referred to as states till later. far as what type of govt was wanted, at the time they were trying to break free of a monarchy type, meaning ruled by a king. The U.S. currently has a federal type of govt. so its safe to say that's the type they were wanting.
