It was showed as a surplus because it was a surplus when it came to the budget. The problem behind it that for the first time in a while, the United States budget worked with a surplus after the year ended even though it was not the idea of a surplus that the people believed.
The surplus disappeared because it never really existed. It was a surplus but it didn't mean that the country was not in debt. The country had a huge amount of debt to other countries or to companies or to any other institution such as a bank. The surplus was eaten up by the debt accumulated over the years. There was a surplus, but the debt was not reduced.
The Committees of Correspondence were formed to increase communication between the different colonies. They were shadow governments formed by Patriots and extremely influential leading up to the American Revolution, as they boycotted English products and made plans for collective action. The committees would communicate and consolidate small way to be independent of England.
There's multiple differences in the government systems in the countries of Jordan and Kuwait on one side, and the United Arab Emirates and Oman on the other side.
Jordan and Kuwait are both countries that have parliamentary monarchies. They have a Prime Minister that is the head of the country, and also there's a multiparty system, so the people can vote for their leader.
The United Arab Emirates and Oman, on the other hand, are countries that have constitutional monarchies. The monarch is leading the country, and it is not the people that have their say in the choice by voting, instead, it is the only the high class representatives of the society that vote for who will lead the country.