they felt that parliament and the crown must be obeyed as the legitimate government of the empire
Most loyalists remained loyal to the crown because they believed that independence would mean the loss of economic benefits derived from membership in the British mercantile system
<span>The origin of the 1905 revolution ran back to the recently-concluded Russo-Japanese War, in which Japan placed a serious check on Russia's power to expand in East Asia. Many Russians saw this outcome as a source of humiliation, and supported an effort to remove the Tsar as a result.</span>