In New York and North Carolina the--

在纽约和北卡罗来纳州...
or at least the up-country of North Carolina--

起码在北卡罗来纳州的内陆地区...
small farmers did not necessarily tend to be patriots.

小农场主们并不必然倾向于爱国者
So it obviously varied region by region,

这显然会随着地域的改变而改变
depending on local circumstances.

而取决于当地的实际情况
In general terms--In very general terms, you could say

大体而言...非常笼统地说
that Loyalism was stronger in the middle states than in New England

效忠派在中部要比在新英格兰势力更强
and stronger in the lower South than in the upper South,

在南方低纬度地区要比在南方高纬度地区强
and very strong particularly in New York,

在纽约势力尤其强大
which the British ended up holding throughout most of the war,

在战争的大部分时间里英国人始终控制着那里
and weakest in Massachusetts, Virginia and Connecticut.

在马萨诸塞弗吉尼亚和康涅狄格州最弱
Connecticut stood up.

康涅狄格州首当其冲