Part 1 How the America Come
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- "So you know how we're looking for a new trade route to India, right?"
"Right"
- Columbus（哥伦布） landed in Central America in October 1492
- He went on a huge theft and murder spree（狂欢）
- Including a few previously undiscovered items, such as tobacco, the pineapple, turkeys, and a hammock.
- "I'm gonna build some forts（堡垒） along here."
- So they sent an upcoming British lieutenant-colonel (陆军上校) by the name of George Washington,
- "That certainly is a pickle（困境）"
- forcing the colonists to import sugar and molasses（糖浆） exclusively from the British, and to pay duties on them.
- They were especially unhappy because they didn't have any representatives in the Parliament that was levying taxes（征收税款） on them.
- British goods were boycotted（抵制） and anyone loyal to the British found themselves increasingly harassed（烦扰）.
- Repeal（废除） all the new taxes except for the one on tea. Also send 1,000 troops（部队） to Boston to take control.
- And as British troops arrived, the tension in Boston is palpable（易察觉的）, you could cut it with a knife.
- More and more Americans joined in the heckling（起哄）,
- While more British troops turned up in support of their comrade（同志）.
- The Patriot（爱国者） pressed throughout the colonies declared the Boston Massacre an unwarranted crime committed against the people of Boston, by the cruel British.
- A British revenue schooner（啤酒） that ran aground（搁置） in Rhode Island is burned by the locals.
- Disguised（伪装） themselves as Native Americans, marched（行军） down to Boston Harbor.
- The British were disgusted（恶心）, and they punished Massachusetts with a vengeance（报仇）.
- The shot heard around the world marked the beginning of the American War of Independence.
- Boston and the British were now under siege（困境）, as small landed naval（海军的） skirmishes（战斗） continued around the city.
- Colonel Benedict Arnold concocted（制定） a plan to take the British stronghold（堡垒）, Fort Ticonderoga.
- "Okay, the British are definitely going to retaliate（报复） for all of this.
- So Washington began his journey up to Boston to take command of the newly established Continental Army（陆军）, just as British made their first major attempts to break the siege.
- So they fortified (加固) Bunker Hill, and set up defensive positions on nearby breeds Hill.
- While technically a British victory, they suffered nearly 1,000 casualties to the Continental's 400.
- The British burned down the towns of Falmouth, Massachusetts and Norfolk, Virginia
- As revenge（报复） for earlier anti-British incidents.
- These actions played right into the hands of Patriot propaganda（鼓动）
- Overseas, the British were seen as brutes（野人）, and the French and Spanish would soon begin sending supplies to the rebel cause
- There was also minor fighting going on between patriot and loyalist militias（民兵组织） in the southern colony.
- So he headed up an attempt to invade Canada in a two-pronged attack（夹击）.
- Speaking of which, remember all those guns and ammunition（弹药）? He uses oxen to drag a hundred and 120,000 pounds of artillery（大炮）, for two months through the harsh winter.
- Washington wanted to launch a full assault（袭击） on the city.
'All men are created equal, with certain inalienable（不可剥夺的） rights."
Of course Jefferson had over a hundred slaves
but we don't have to talk about that.
The 2nd of July, congress voted unanimously（一致的） in favor of independence. And Johns Adams declared that the 2nd of July would go down as the most remembered day in American history.
The United States of America was born.
There was no turning back now. The Americans tore down a statue of King George in New York. And melted him down into 42,000 musket balls.
To the British, it was treason（叛国）and if the King had his way, Washington and all of Congress would be hung.
But it is not the end of the war.....
对于英国来说，这场独立战争是“叛国”，如果国王还有势力的话，华盛顿和他的国会都将被吊死。
TO BE CONTINUTED>>>
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原po：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHSQAEam2yc&list=PLQw_XrMliWVYSc66IpEnrr1MxCxy0H1SH
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