so traders could go faster
i think hope this helps
The NorthWest Ordinances established the following except preventing new states from entering the United States.The NorthWest Ordinance was an act that was passed by the Congress and it provided the primary rules for governing the NorthWest territories.
Loyalists: colonists of the American revolutionary period who supported, and stayed loyal, to the British monarchy. Patriots: colonists who rebelled against British control during the American Revolution.