Britain had to cross the Atlantic Ocean to get to the Colonies
17 billion - 9 billion = 8 billion so the surplus is 8 billion
A because it took it o usatestprep
"give me your tired, your poor, your haddled masses yearing to breathe free wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send this, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside my golden door."
