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Chapter 1 The European Discovery Of America 第一章 欧洲人发现美洲 Leif Ericson discovers America in the year 1000. In our early childhood many of us learned to repeat the lines: 列夫埃里克森发现美洲(1000年)多数人在孩提时

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34. Tobacco-growing and Prosperity. 34.烟草种植与繁荣 European people were now beginning to use tobacco. Most of it came from the Spanish colonies. 从此,欧洲人开始吸食烟草,多数烟草由西班牙殖民地而来, Tobacco gre

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14. The Great Plains. 14.大平原 Soon, however, a new hope came to the Spaniards, for an Indian told them that far away in the north there really was a golden land. 然而,西班牙人有了新的希望,因为一个印第安人告诉他们远在

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Chapter 8 第8章 The Colonies Under Charles II 查理二世的殖民统治 65. The Puritans and the Colonists, 16491660. 65.清教徒和殖民地(16491660年) In 1649 Charles I was executed, and for eleven years the Puritans were supreme in En

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407. Contrabands of War. 407.战争走私品 The war had scarcely begun before slaves escaped into the Union lines. 在奴隶逃奔到联邦阵线之前,很少有大的战役打响。 One day a Confederate officer came to Fortress Monroe and dema

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409. The Emancipation Proclamation, 1863. 409.《解放奴隶宣言》(1863年) On September 23, 1862, Lincoln issued a proclamation stating that on the first day of the new year he would declare free all slaves in any portion of the United Sta

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137. Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775. 137.邦克山(1775年6月17日) When the seamen on the British men-of-war waked up on the morning of June 17, the first thing they saw was a redoubt on the top of one of the Charlestown hills. 6月17日早晨,当

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CHAPTER 14 第14章 BUNKER HILL TO TRENTON 从邦克山到特伦顿 133.Advantages of the British. 133.不列颠的优势 At first sight it seems as if the Americans were very foolish to fight the British. 看起来美洲人与英国开战似乎非常

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131.Gage in Massachusetts, 1774~75. 131.盖奇在马萨诸塞(1774~1775年) General Gage found he had a good deal to do before he could begin to crush the rebellion. 盖奇将军发现在出征平定叛乱之前他有许多事情要做, He ha

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128. The American Association, 1774. 128.美洲人协会(1774年) It soon became clear that the members of the Congress were opposed to any hasty action. 很快就可以看出大陆议会反对任何草率行动, They were not willing to begi

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110. The Stamp Act Congress, 1765. 110.《印花税法案》议会(1765年) Colonial congresses were no new thing. 殖民地议会并不是一个新生事物, There had been many meetings of governors and delegates from colonial assemblies. 已

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101. Capture of Quebec, 1759. 101.攻陷魁北克(1759年) Of all the younger generals James Wolfe was foremost. 在所有青年将领中,詹姆斯o沃尔夫是最年轻的, To him was given the task of capturing Quebec. 他的任务是夺取

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98. Fort Duquesne. 98.杜坤要塞 Instead of heeding Dinwiddie's warning, the French set to work to build Fort Duquesne at the spot where the Alleghany and Monongahela join to form the Ohio,-on the site of the present day city of Pittsburg. 法国人

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An insignificant quarrel between two little Greek cities led to the final conflict. For thirty years the war between Athens and Sparta continued. It ended in a terrible disaster for Athens. 一段时间里,雅典与斯巴达相安无事。可一件小

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As the years went by the influence of Carthage upon her neighbours increased until the greater part of the African coast, Spain and certain regions of France were Carthaginian possessions, and paid tribute, taxes and dividends to the mighty city on t

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Our best guess is that the Etruscans came originally from Asia Minor and that a great war or a pestilence in that country had forced them to go away and seek a new home elsewhere. Whatever the reason for their coming, the Etruscans played a great r?l

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Other nations, Egyptians, Babylonians, Phoenicians, even Greeks, would have insisted upon a treaty of submission on the part of thebarbarians, The Romans did nothing of the sort. They gave the outsidera chance to become partners in a common res publi

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The Senate promised the help of the Latin armies, but the preparation for this expedition took some time, and meanwhile Saguntum had been taken and had been destroyed. This had been done in direct opposition to the will of Rome. The Senate decided up

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He had defeated the Roman army of Scipio on the banks of the Rhone and he had guided his army safely across the mountain passes of theAlps although it was October and the roads were thickly covered with snow and ice. Then he had joined forces with th

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