They were living in a time when expansion to the Pacific was regarded by many people as the of the United States.

was regarded by many people as the Manifest destiny of the United States.

Explanation:

Manifest destiny was the idea, popular in the 19th century, that the United States had the right to expand its sovereingty from the Atlantic coast (where the country emerged) to the Pacific coast. This was an idea that supported the creation of a new Imperial nation in America.

The idea also influenced the development of the Monroe Doctrine, which established that the lands south of the United States were to be part of the American sphere of influence, and that European powers therefore should not meddle in the affairs of these regions.

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]