This restriction not only contributed to Great Britain's rise as Europe's foremost shipping nation but also laid the foundations for an American shipbuilding industry and merchant marine.
The underlying assumption was that the time saved would be used instead for activities that would improve the social and economic development of the communities.
Though it is small, the pen has changed the history, improved the trade of countries, recorded events, carried news, and done far more work for human beings than all other tools.
In particular, Whigs in the northern sections of the United States also believed that government power should be used to foster the moral welfare of the country.