What was the most dominant common characteristic among the diverse group of people who remained loyal to Britain?

THEY WERE FEARFUL OF DIVISIONS AND INSTABILITY WITHIN THE AMERICAN SOCIETY.

Explanation:

Other common characteristics are:

- They were older, better established, and resisted radical change.

- They felt that rebellion against the Crown; the legitimate government, was morally wrong.

- They were alienated when the Patriots resorted to violence, such as burning houses and tarring and feathering.

- They wanted to take a middle-of-the-road position and were angry when forced by the Patriots to declare their opposition.

- They had a long-standing sentimental attachment to Britain (often with business and family links).

- They realized that independence was bound to come someday, but wanted to postpone the moment.

- They were cautious and afraid that chaos and mob rule would result.

answer: both considered peasants valued members of society.

explanation: the ancient chinese and indian empires were large asian empires that had the same problems with other big empires, they had to work hard and sometimes fight in order to keep them united, they both relied heavily on their capacity to trade and to send strange and rare items to europe, and had the father as the head of the house hold in both societies, but they didn´t considered pleasants as valued members of their society, they were the bottom of the social pyramid in both of their societies.