AMERICAN HISTORY 美国历史
A: Colonial Period and Independence 殖民地的结束与独立
58.What is one reason colonists came to America?
问:举出一个殖民者当初到美国的理由。
A:Freedom
答:自由
A:Political liberty
答:政治自由
A:Religious freedom
答:宗教自由
A:Economic opportunity
答:经济机会
A:practice their religion
答:从事宗教活动
A:escape persecution
答:逃避迫害。
59.Who lived in America be-fore the Europeans arrived?
问:在欧洲人来到美洲之前,谁已经住在这里?
A:The Native Americans
答:美洲原住民
A:American Indians
答:美洲印第安人
60. What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
问:哪一群人被带到美国当奴隶卖?
A:Africans
答:非洲人
A:People from Africa
答:来自非洲的人
61. Why did the colonists fight the British ?
问:殖民者为什么要与英国作战?
A:becuase of high taxes (taxa-tion without representation)
答:他们必须缴付高额税捐,却没有任何代表权 (光缴税,没有代表权)。
A:because the British army stayed in their houses
(boarding, quartering).
答:英国军队住在他们的房子里 (强行食宿,霸占空间)。
A:The British denied the colonists self-government
答:英国拒绝让殖民者拥有自治权。
62. Who wrote the Declara-tion of Independence?
问:独立宣言是谁写的?
A:(Thomas) Jefferson
答:汤玛士.杰佛逊
63. When was the Declara-tion of Independence adopted?
问:独立宣言是在何时通过的?
A:July 4, 1776
答:1776年7月4日
64. There are 13 original states. Name three.
问:美国当初只有13个州,试举其中三个。
A:New Hampshire,Mas-sachusetts, Rhode Island,
Con-necticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia
答:新罕布什尔、 麻萨诸塞、罗得岛、康乃狄克、纽约、
新泽西、宾州、德拉瓦、马里兰、北卡罗来纳、
南卡罗来纳、维吉尼亚、乔治亚
65.What happened at the Constitutional Convention?
问:制宪会议达成什么事?
A:The Constitution was writ-ten.
答:拟定宪法
A:The Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution.
答:开国先贤拟定宪法
66. When was the Constitu-tion written?
问:宪法是在何时撰写的?
A:1787
答:1787年
67. The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S.
Constitution. Name one of the writers.
问:「联邦论」支持通过美国宪法,举出一个「联邦论」的作者。
A:(James)Madison
答:詹姆斯.麦迪逊
A:(Alexander)Hamilton
答:亚历山大.汉弥尔顿
A:(John)Jay
答:约翰.杰伊
A:Publius 答:普布利乌斯
68. What is one thing Ben-jamin Franklin is famous for?
问:班哲明.富兰克林以何著称。
A:U.S. Diplomat
答:美国外交官
A:Oldest member of the Con-stitutional Convention
答:制宪会议年纪最长的成员
A:First Postmaster General of the United States
答:美国第一任邮政总局长
A:Writer of“Poor Richard’s Almanac”
答:著作「穷人理查德年鉴」
A: Started the first free libraries
答:开办第一批免费图书馆
69.Who is the “Father of Our Country”?
问:「美国国父」是谁?
A:(George) Washington
答:乔治.华盛顿
70. Who was the first Presi-dent?*
问:美国第一任总统是谁?
A:(George) Washington
答:乔治.华盛顿
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