What happened to fitch's steamboat business?

He did not make enough profits and went out of business.

Explanation:

After a battle with James Rumsey, who had also invented a steam-powered boat. The newly created federal Patent Commission did not award the broad monopoly patent that Fitch had asked for, but rather a patent of the modern kind, for the new design of Fitch's steamboat.

the answer is b.2008 and 2012 were presidential election years.

i think the answer is: cuba wanted to be independent from spain, and the u.s. wanted to end spanish rule in the west.

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