214. Jay's Treaty, 1794. 214.杰伊的协定(1794年) Ever since 1783 there had been trouble with the British. 自从1783年以来,美国与英国之间一直麻烦不断, They had not surrendered the posts on the Great Lakes, as the treaty...
213. The Whiskey Insurrection, 1794. 213.威士忌叛乱(1794年) The increasing expenses of the government made new taxes necessary. 日益增长的政府开支使得有必要增加新的税种, Among the new taxes was an internal revenue ta...
211. Citizen Genet. 211.公民吉奈特 The new French government soon sent an agent or minister to the United States. 新成立的法国政府马上派代理人或大臣去美国。 He was the Citizen Genet. He landed at Charleston, South Carolina...
209. The French Revolution. 209.法国革命 In 1789 the French people rose against their government. 1789年,法国人民起来反抗他们的政府, In 1792 they imprisoned their king and queen. 1792年他们将国王和王后送进大牢,...
208. The Republicans. 208.共和党人 Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Albert Gallatin, and their friends entirely disagreed with the Federalists on all of these points. They called themselves Republicans. 托马斯o杰佛逊、詹姆斯o麦迪逊、...
Chapter 20 第20章 Rise of Political Parties 政治党派的出现 207. The Federalists. 207.联邦党 There were no political parties in the United States in 1789. 1789年美国不存在政治党派, All the leading men were anxious to give the...
206. The First Bank of the United States. 206.美国的第一个银行 Two parts of Hamilton's plan were now adopted. 此时汉米尔顿计划中的两个部分已经被通过, To the third part of his scheme there was even more opposition. 对于这...
204. Assumption of State Debts. 204.州债务的承担 A further part of Hamilton's original scheme aroused even greater opposition. 汉米尔顿最初方案的纵深部分遭到了更为激烈的反对。 During the Revolutionary War the states, t...
202. The National Debt. 202.国债 The National Debt was the price of independence. 国债是独立所付出的代价。 During the war Congress had been too poor to pay gold and silver for what it needed to carry on the war. 在战争期间国会太...
200. The First Census, 1791. 200.第一次人口普查(1791年) The Constitution provided that representatives should be distributed among the states according to population as modified by the federal ratio. 宪法规定各州根据联邦比例修...