来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：美国革命 第3集 第3集》

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  to be self-governing states.
  成为自治国家
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  They had elective assemblies and other institutions
  他们有选举产生的议会和其他地方行政机构
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  of local government, and these institutions had
  这些机构都拥有
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  broad powers over the internal affairs of the colonies.
  管理殖民地内部事务的广泛权力
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  They had a reservoir of political leaders drawn from the elite.
  他们之中很多人是来自精英阶层的政治领袖
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  And colonists recognized and were jealous of their power of self-government,
  而且殖民地居民认识并珍视他们的自治权力
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  and were not shy about fighting royal officials for this power.
  也敢于为这权力与王室官员作斗争
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  So by the 1760s, there's a lot of things
  所以在十八世纪六十年代 许多条件已成熟
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  in place for these colonies, in a sense, to be self-governing,
  使殖民地能够获得一定意义上的自治
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  although obviously they were not already.
  尽管他们当时还没有实现自治
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  So in summary, what does all of this add up to?
  概括而言 所有这些说明了什么
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  What do I mean when I refer to being a British American?
  我提到的成为一个英籍美国人意味着什么