Loyalists lived throughout the colonies, but their numbers were smallest, around , in places like , where patriots had long pursued campaigns of political education and mobilization. Areas where clustered, however, tended to be loyalist strongholds. They were concentrated in , New York, and the Carolina piedmont. Elites in also supported the Crown and formed a significant minority.

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During the American Revolutionary War, the Loyalists were people who stayed loyal to the British Crown. They also received the name of Tories or Royalists. Although some people continued to support Britain after the war broke out, the numbers were much smaller than Great Britain had anticipated, causing a serious problem for the country. Moreover, Loyalists were not always fully trusted, as they were suspected of being spies for the "Patriots" (the other side of the war; Americans who supported independence).

the first historical instance of china engaging in internationalism was during the han dynasty.[1] at the start of the han dynasty, the huns in the north were attacking the frontiers of han and trying to obtain riches. emperor wu of han wanted to gain an alliance with a country called dayuezhi so the two countries could join together and fight against the huns.[2] to obtain this alliance, emperor wu sent zhang qian to the west to establish economic and cultural connections.[2] history records that during the han dynasty there were four primary avenues of contact between china and europe. they included the northern land route, the central land route, the southern sea route, and the far southern sea route.[1] the most famous of these routes is the central land route, or the classical silk road, comprising a network of roads stretching from northwest china to the ports of syria and the black sea, which passed through the oasis of the turkestans and northern persia.[1] the silk road was significant for chinese emperors because it provided dominance over central asia by developing resources and provided new markets for the export of china's most valuable resources.[1]

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