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The American Revolution was not a sudden and violent overturning of the political and social framework, such as later occurred in France and Russia, when both were already independent nations. Significant changes were ushered in, but they were not breathtaking. What happened was accelerated evolution rather than outright revolution. During the conflict itself people went on working and praying, marrying and playing. Most of them were not seriously disturbed by the actual fighting, and many of the more isolated communities scarcely knew that a war was on. America' s War of Independence heralded the birth of three modern nations. One was Canada, which received its first large influx of Englishspeaking population from the thousands of loyalists who fled there from the United States. Another was Australia, which became a penal colony now that America was no longer available for prisoners and debtors. The third newcomerthe United Statesbased itself squarely on republican principles. Yet even the political overturn was not so revolutionary as one might suppose. In some states, notably Connecticut and Rhode Island, the war largely ratified a colonial selfrule already existing. British officials, everywhere ousted, were replaced by a homegrown governing class, which promptly sought a local substitute for king and Parliament. |
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měi guó gé mìng qí shí bìng bù suàn shì yī chǎng gé mìng, yīn wèi tā bìng wèi dǎo zhì wán quán de hé chè dǐ de biàn huà. zhè cì gé mìng bìng bú shì duì zhèng zhì hé shè huì kuàng jià de yī cì tū rán hé měng liè de diān fù, xiàng hòu lái zài yǐ jīng shì dú lì guó jiā de fǎ guó hé é guó suǒ bào fā de gé mìng nà yàng. gé mìng dài lái le zhòng dà de biàn huà, dàn bìng fēi fān tiān fù dì, suǒ fā shēng de zhǐ shì jìn huà de jiā sù, ér bú shì yī chǎng chè dǐ de gé mìng zài chōng tū qī jiān, rén men réng rán shàng bān zuò lǐ bài jié hūn wán shuǎ. duō shù rén bìng méi yǒu shòu dào shí jì zhàn dòu de yán chóng yǐng xiǎng. xǔ duō jiào bì sè de shè qū duì zhè chǎng zhàn zhēng jī hū yī wú suǒ zhī. měi guó dú lì zhàn zhēng xuān bù le sān ge xiàn dài guó jiā de dàn shēng, qí zhōng yí gè shì jiā ná dà. jiā ná dà de dì yī dà pī jiǎng yīng yǔ de liú rù rén kǒu lái zì yú chéng qiān shàng wàn yīng wáng de xiào zhōng zhě, zhèi xiē rén cóng měi guó táo dào le jiā ná dà. lìng yí gè guó jiā shì ào dà lì yà, yīn wèi měi guó bù zài shì róng nà zuì fàn hé qiàn zhài zhě de guó dù le, ào dà lì yà jiù biàn chéng le yí gè chéng zhì zuì fàn de zhí mín dì zhù: dú lì zhàn zhēng qián, yīng guó zhèng fǔ jiāng zuì fàn liú fàng dào měi guó. dì sān ge guó jiā jiù shì měi guó, tā wán quán jiàn lì zài gòng hé yuán zé jī chǔ shàng. jí shǐ zhèng zhì shàng de diān fù yě bù rú rén men kě néng xiǎng xiàng de nà yàng jù yǒu gé mìng xìng. zài yī xiē zhōu, tè bié shì kāng niè dí gé hé luó dé dǎo, zhàn zhēng jī běn shàng zhǐ shì chéng rèn le yǐ jīng cún zài de zhí mín dì de zì zhì. sì chù bèi qū zhú de yīng guó guān yuán dōu bèi běn tǔ de tǒng zhì jiē jí suǒ tì dài, zhè gè tǒng zhì jiē jí xùn sù dì yǐ dì fāng quán lì jī guān lái tì dài guó wáng hé yì huì. |