farmers and gentry and nobility--owned most of the land.

拥有了大部分的土地
In the colonies, two-thirds of the white men

在殖民地三分之二的白人
owned land or businesses-- again, which gives you a sense

拥有土地或者生意
of why the colonies are often known

这也是为何殖民地总给人一种
as a sort of middling society.

中产阶级的感觉
Also in the colonies there wasn't such a stark contrast

另外在殖民地社会不存在
between the top and the bottom of the social spectrum.

很明显的阶层划分
So in England, you had the royal Court and the

而在英国社会有王室朝臣
courtiers and opulence and court ritual

财富阶级宫廷仪式
and sort of kowtowing to the King at the very top of the social spectrum.

还有对社会顶级国王的尊崇
Obviously, the colonies did not have something like that.

明显殖民地不存在这种等级划分
They did have royal governors, and certainly royal governors

他们确实有王室的管辖者