美国学生历史 第46期:从邦克山到特伦顿(3)
140. British Attack on Charleston, 1776. 140.英国人进攻查理斯顿(1776年) In June 1776 a British fleet and army made an attack on Charleston, South Carolina. 1776年6月,一支英国舰队和陆军进攻南卡罗莱纳的查理斯顿。
美国学生历史 第47期:从邦克山到特伦顿(4)
143.Trenton, December 26, 1776. 143.特伦顿(1776年12月26日) Washington did not give up. On Christmas night, 1776, he crossed the Delaware with a division of his army. 华盛顿没有放弃,1776年圣诞节之夜他带着一个分队穿过特
美国学生历史 第48期:《独立宣言》和法国联盟(1)
CHAPTER 15 第15章 THE GREAT DECLARATION AND THE FRENCH ALLIANCE 《独立宣言》和法国联盟 145.Growth of the Spirit of Independence. 145.独立精神的成长 The year 1776 is even more to be remembered for the doings of Congress than it i
美国学生历史 第49期:《独立宣言》和法国联盟(2)
148.The Army at Valley Forge, 1777~78. 148.福吉谷的部队(1777~1778年) The sufferings of the soldiers during the following winter can never be overstated. 在接下来的冬季士兵们遭受的苦难令人难以想象, They seldom had m
美国学生历史 第50期:《独立宣言》和法国联盟(3)
151.Oriskany, 1777. 151.奥里斯坎尼(1777年) Meantime St. Leger, with a large body of Indians and Canadian frontiersmen, was marching to join Burgoyne by the way of Lake Ontario and the Mohawk Valley. 与此同时,圣里格带着一支由印
美国学生历史 第51期:《独立宣言》和法国联盟(4)
154.Monmouth, 1778. 154.蒙默思郡(1778年) The first result of the French alliance was the retreat of the British from Philadelphia to New York. 与法国人结盟的第一个成果是导致英国人从费城撤到纽约。 As Sir Henry Clin
美国学生历史 第52期:独立(1)
CHAPTER 16 第16章 INDEPENDENCE 独立 157.Fall of Charleston, 1780. 157.查理斯顿失守(1780年) It seemed quite certain that Clinton could not conquer the Northern states with the forces given him. In the South there were many loyalists. 很
美国学生历史 第53期:独立(2)
160.The Cowpens, 1781. 160.卡平斯(1781年) General Greene was now sent to the South to take charge of the resistance to Cornwallis. 此时,格林将军被派往南部地区负责抗击康沃利斯的战斗, A great soldier and a great or
美国学生历史 第54期:独立(3)
162.Greene's Later Campaigns. 162.格林的后期战役 At Hobkirk's Hill, near Camden, the British soldiers who had been left behind by Cornwallis attacked Greene. 在卡姆登附近的蒿波克克山,被康沃利斯留下断后的英军士兵向格
美国学生历史 第55期:独立(4)
165.Yorktown, September-October, 1781. 165.约克郡(1781年9~10月) Rochambeau led his men to New York and joined the main American army. 洛克汉姆带领部队到达纽约并加入到美国陆军主力, Washington now took command of the
美国学生历史 第56期:联邦(1)
CHAPTER 17 第17章 THE CONFEDERATION, 1783~1787 联邦(1783~1787年) 167. Problems of Peace. 167.与和平相关的问题 The war was over. But the future of the American nation was still uncertain. 战争结束了,但美国这个国家的前途
美国学生历史 第57期:联邦(2)
169. A Time of Distress. 169.萧条时期 It is not right to speak too harshly of the refusal of the state governments to give Congress the money it asked for, as the people of the states were in great distress and had no money to give. 苛刻地批评
美国学生历史 第58期:联邦(3)
171. Tender Laws. 171.清偿法 The people then clamored for tender laws. 随后,人民吵嚷着要成立清偿法, These were laws which would make it lawful for them to tender, or offer, paper money in exchange for flour or other things. 这些
美国学生历史 第59期:联邦(4)
174. Claims to Western Lands. 174.西部土地的主权 The Confederation seemed to be falling to pieces. 联邦似乎要四分五裂, That it did not actually fall to pieces was largely due to the fact that all the states were interested in the
美国学生历史 第60期:联邦(4)
176. Passage of the Ordinance of 1787. 176.通过1787年《西北法令》 What should be done with the lands which in this way had come into the possession of the people of all the states? 怎样处理那些以这种方式已经为各个州的人民