who consented to such an act on the part of the colonies--

殖民地官员
any colonial governor that allows his colony to produce currency--

和任何同意殖民地发行货币的殖民地官员
would be fined a thousand pounds,

都将被罚款一千英镑
which is a huge amount of money at that point,

这在当时是很大的一笔钱
would be dismissed from office,

并且会被解雇
and would be ineligible from any public office in future.

终生不得在公共机构任职
Okay. That's obviously a serious --

这很明显是很严重的
"We really, really, really mean this about the whole currency issue.

"我们对这个货币问题是认真的
We're putting some serious punishments on the line here."

我们要对此进行严厉的惩罚"
So taken altogether,Americans--colonists--

总而言之美国人就是这些殖民者
drew several not-so-happy conclusions

从英国的这些行动中
from all of these actions.

得到了一些不愉快的结论