Because the Silk Road established steady trade
"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution<span> for the United States of America.</span>
In Common Sense, Thomas Paine argues for American independence. His argument begins with more general, theoretical reflections about government and religion, then progresses onto the specifics of the colonial situation. ... Government has its origins in the evil of man and is therefore a necessary evil at best.
A. General William Tecumseh Sherman’s March to Sea destroyer Southern transportation lines
Sherman’s March started from Atlanta to Savanna. On the way troops were ordered to destroy the railways that they come across and make them unusable .
Technically this is true in the United States, since before westward expansion there were land restrictions on which white men could vote--but since practically all white men in the west owned land this was not the case.