an enormous change of mindset

人们心态上的巨变
as loyal British colonists, long-standing loyal british colonists,

从长期的忠诚英属殖民地居民
were transformed gradually into angry revolutionaries

逐渐转变为愤怒的革命者
and ultimately into Americans.

并最终成为美国人
Like John Adams suggests,

正如约翰·亚当斯所提那样
the beginnings of this transformation predate the actual fighting,

转变之始早于实战之初
and like Benjamin Rush suggests,

而如本杰明·拉什所言
it doesn't just come to a close when you sign a peace treaty.

和平协定并未将一切盖棺定论
So when you look at things from this broad view,

所以当你从大局着眼
the Revolution actually becomes the beginning of a period

美国革命实际上标志着一个时期的开端
in which the American nation was really inventing itself,

标志着美利坚民族真正开始自我发展
and this is a really dramatic kind of invention.

这一激动人心的成长之旅