Because that's where the colonizers came from and they didn't have much when they got here.
D) the English language is constantly changing and evolving
<span>It was based on a written set of laws.
Im not 100% though so Im sorry if it's wrong.
Good luck! :)</span>
The territory contained land that forms Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska; the portion of Minnesota west of the Mississippi River; a large portion of North Dakota; a large portion of South Dakota; the northeastern section of New Mexico; the northern portion of Texas; the area of Montana, Wyoming