There were long seeded differences between the United States and the Soviet Union over ideologies. In the Russian Revolution of 1917 the communists took power. The United States and Britain were worried that the same thing might happen in their countries.
They feared losing power and authority to a central government.
The Northwest Ordinance was the most important of the three different acts. It was important because it enabled the government of the Northwest Territory to become a part of the union.
