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Once those shots had been fired, many more bodies would be laid beside those in Concord.
戰斗一旦打響，便會有更多的人為之付出生命。
It would be a war fought, not just with muskets, but with words and ideals.
這場戰爭的武器不僅有火槍，還有文字與理念。
Adams and his fellow colonial leaders, including Benjamin Franklin, meeting in Philadelphia, would publish their Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.
亞當斯與其他幾位殖民地領袖，包括本杰明·弗蘭克林，在費城會面，并于1776年7月4日頒布《獨立宣言》。
Yes, when the declaration accused a king, in this case, George III, of being a tyrant, it did sound remarkably like a chapter from a British history book.
這份宣言指控當時的國王，即喬治三世，為暴君，這讓人情不自禁地回想起英國歷史上類似的篇章。
But that's not what everyone remembers. What we remember is something fresh, something profoundly American.
但在后世眼中并非如此。在我們心中，這是一項史無前例的壯舉，一項彰顯美國精神的壯舉。
We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal.
我們認為以下真理是不言而喻的，人人生而平等。
They are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
造物主賦予他們若干不容侵犯的權利，其中包括生存權，自由權和追求幸福的權利。
In April 1778, faced with the undoing of his life's work, an alliance between the old enemy, France, and the new dominion of liberty, America,
1778年4月，眼看自己一生的心血即將毀于一旦，英國的宿敵，法國，已同新的自由之邦美國成為盟友，
Pitt tried to make one last parliamentary speech which would put some gumption into his demoralised compatriots.
皮特試圖發表自己在議會的最后一次演說，希望能將勇氣注入士氣低落的同胞心中。
He struggled to his feet, but, before he could pronounce, he collapsed back again into the arms of his fellow peers.
他掙扎著站起來，未等開口便體力不支，倒入身后議員的懷中。
When he died a month later, the right empire, the empire of liberty, died with him.
一個月之后，他與世長辭，那曾經正義的帝國，自由的帝國，也就此逝去。
It would take George Washington, now commander of the American forces, seven years of bloody fighting before independence became a reality.
喬治·華盛頓，當時的美軍總司令，將率軍浴血奮戰七年之久，才使得美國的獨立成為現實。
In that time, the Americans suffered as many defeats as victories, but gained the crucial support of France, Spain and Holland, eventually forcing the British to surrender at Yorktown in Virginia in 1781.
在此期間，美國人勝負參半，但在法國、西班牙和荷蘭的強力支持下，美國最終迫使英國于1781年在弗吉尼亞州約克鎮投降。
It may have been the end of one kind of British Empire, but another one was waiting to be born.
美洲大陸上的大英帝國或許已經完結，但一個新的大英帝國即將誕生。
