Why might machiavelli have argued that political activity should not be restricted by moral principles?

Machiavelli believed in political activity should not be restricted by moral principles. He thought this because he thought it should be free from morality. He thought that politics should write its own rules and be free from morality. 

The native americans, spanish, french and americans all name places in our state. the word “arkansas” came from the quapaw indians, by way of early french explorers. at the time of the early french exploration, a tribe of indians, the quapaws, lived west of the mississippi and north of the arkansas river.