The colonists claimed that the two had fallen in love.

地居声称他们两人相爱了。

The colonists wanted to make peace.

地居想与英国讲和。

As many as thirty thousand Americans fought for the British during the war.

战争期间，多达3万美洲地居加入英军阵营。

Also, the colonists did not have any representatives in Parliament.

而且，地居在国会没有代表。

But the colonists were permitted to make their own laws through the elected assembly.

但地居被允许通过选举产生的议会创制自己的法律。

Colonists grew more and more frustrated with British officials, both with tax policies and other interventions.

地居对英国官员越来越不，无论是对税收政策还是其他干预措施。

It said the colonists had to buy a British stamp for every piece of printed paper they used.

据说地居使用的每一张印刷纸都必须购买印花税券。

The government treated colonists differently from citizens at home. It demanded special taxes from them.

英国政府对待地居与对待本土公的态度不同，英国政府要求地缴纳特别税款。

The colonists were not impressed by British excuses for hitting them in the wallet.

但地居不为所动他们不能容忍英国人这样压榨他们的财产。

Most history experts today think that about twenty percent of the colonists supported Britain.

今天大多数历史学家认为，大约有20%的地居支持英国。

This attempt to tax the colonies was unsuccessful, but it kicked off years of hostility between the colonists and the British.

向地居征税的企图没有成功，但这却开启了地居与英国人数年的敌对。

After this, the colonists became angry with King George.

此后，地居对乔治国王的行为很不。

During the summer of 1776, most American colonists were increasingly angry about what they considered unfair treatment by the British government.

在1776年夏天，许多美洲的地居对英国政府的不公平对待越来越愤慨。

The British as a result tried various economic measures to put those colonials in their place but the colonials would not stay down.

为此英国也出台了一系列经济政策想要压制这些地居但地居也不没有甘于受压迫。

Colonial americans were like the chinese of today.

美国地居就像今天的中国人一样。

The colonists were unhappy about this, as before they had been mostly left alone by the British government.

地居对此很不，因为之前英国政府对他们大多是置之不理。

Afterwards, British Parliament passed a group of laws designed to punish the colonists and regain control of the colonies.

之后，英国国会通过了一系列法律来惩罚地居，并试图重新控制地。

Colonial americans survived Under the harshest of circumstances, And for that, they deserve our respect.

美国地居的生存条件很艰苦，因此他们很值得我们尊重。

They needed a way to make more money, and British Parliament decided to tax the North American colonists.

他们需要想方设法挣更多的钱，所以英国国会决定，向北美地居征税。

In 1754 the British sent an expeditionary force to take Fort Ducane back. Washington was 2nd in command as he was a mere colonial.

1754年英国人曾经指派过一支征军想要夺回杜肯堡，而华盛顿当时作为地居只是在行动中担任了二等指挥官。