When they traveled, they carried cheap luggage, which were called carpetbags. They were mass produced during this time (reconstruction era) and therefore, the many people coming down with them from the north were referred to derisively as carpetbaggers.
A government regulation is that the answer!!
It established the principle that everyone is subject to the law. Even the king. It also guaranteed the rights of individuals, and the right to a fair trial.
The absence of a uniform tariff rate benefited British exports to America.
