In these ways slavery had ceased to be a vital institution north of Maryland and Kentucky. 通过这些努力,在马里兰和肯塔基北部已经不存在有效的奴隶制机构, Why should slavery be allowed west of the Mississippi River? 为什...
Great quantities of British goods were sent to the United States and were sold at very low prices. 大量英国货物运到美国并以非常低的价格卖出。 The demand for American goods fell off. Mill owners closed their mills. 对美国货物的...
Chapter 26 第26章 The era of good feeling,1815-1824 幸福时代(1815-1824年) 276. The Era as a Whole. 276.整个新时代 The years 1815-1824 have been called the Era of Good Feeling, 1815-1824年被称为幸福时代, because there was n...
274. The Hartford Convention, 1814. 274.哈特福德大会(1814年) While the New commissioners were talking over the treaty of peace, other debaters were discussing the war, at Hartford, Connecticut. 在新任外交官讨论和平条约的同时...
272. The Privateers. 272.武装民船 No British fleets could keep the privateers from leaving port. 没有哪支英国舰队可以阻止美国的武装民船出海, They swarmed upon the ocean and captured hundreds of British merchantmen, some o...
270. Jackson's Defense of New Orleans, 1814-15. 270.杰克森保卫新奥尔良(1814~1815年) Jackson had scarcely finished this work when he learned of the coming of a great British expedition to the mouth of the Mississippi River. 杰克森刚忙...
268. The British in the Chesapeake, 1814. 268.英国人在切萨皮克(1814年) Besides their operations on the Canadian frontier, the British tried to capture New Orleans and the cities on Chesapeake Bay. 除了在加拿大边境的活动,英国...
266. Brown's Invasion of Canada, 1814. 266.布朗攻入加拿大(1814年) In the first two years of the war the American armies in New York had done nothing. 战争开始前两年,在纽约的美国军队没有什么举动, But abler men we...
265. The Wasp and the Frolic,1812. 265.维斯普号与佛罗里克号(1812年) At almost the same time the American ship Wasp captured the British brig Frolic. 几乎与此同时,美国的维斯普号夺取了英国的双桅船佛罗里克号。...
264. Constitution and Guerrire, 1812. 264.宪法号与格瑞尔号(1812年) For some time Hull cruised about in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. 哈尔船长指挥宪法号在圣劳伦斯湾巡航了一段时间。 One day he sighted a British frigate...