Why are they doing this?

他们为什么要这样做
They're merchants.

他们是商人
They're not politicians,

他们不是政治家
and look what they're doing.

看看他们在干什么
They're messing up the imperial system.

他们把帝国系统搞得一团糟
Okay. The result of that kind of sentiment would be

这种想法的后果就是
the passage of four acts that Americans termed the Intolerable Acts,

在一七七四年春天国会通过的
passed in Parliament in the spring of 1774.

四部美国人认为的《不可容忍法案》
And I'm so on the cusp of running out of time.

我的时间不够用了
I think what I will do is pause there

就讲到这吧
since we're just about out of time for class.

这节课就要结束了
We will continue. We will add the details of the Intolerable Acts

下次我们会继续提到《不可容忍法案》的细节