Why did thomas jefferson not attend the constitutional convention in 1787? he was against the formation of a new government. he was serving as minister to france. he was serving as minister to great britain. he was not asked to be a delegate.

He was serving as a minister in France

Explanation:

Several prominent Founders were absent from the Constitutional Convention. Thomas Jefferson was in Paris, serving as the minister to France, from where he deemed the delegates as “an assembly of demigods”.

John Adams didn´t participate either, also because he was abroad, serving as minister to Great Britain.

Samuel Adams and John Hancock did not participate either, and Patrick Henry turned down the invitation claiming that he “smelt a rat in Philadelphia, tending toward the monarchy

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]