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I believe the answer you’re looking for are (Slavs)-who are an ethnic group that is dispersed across Europe with large concentrations in eastern countries like Bulgaria and Russia.
“Nathanael Greene in The American Revolution. Nathanael Greene (1742–1786) was a general in the American Revolution who also served in the Rhode Island assembly. He fought with George Washington at the battles of Trenton, Brandywine, Germantown, and Valley Forge”. -shmoop.com
So they could get more resources faster like silk and spices.
Mainly for transportation purposes