And then fourth, over time as the colonies moved into war

第四随着殖民地都被卷入战争
and as colonial governments really began to

各殖民地政府真正开始感到
falter and run into complications--

步履维艰困难重重...
as the crisis really magnified--

随着危机渐趋扩大...
these Committees of inspection were able to step into the void

这些监察委员会能够填补权力真空
and assert some kind of centralized organized-- hopefully--authority.

某种程度上也维护着中央权力
Okay. So the Continental Association went into effect and this time,

因此大陆协会发挥了重要作用
more than any of the previous attempts at non-importation,

而这次比此前任何抵制英货的努力都更能
people really are beginning to realize that there's a crisis at hand,

使人们切实了解到危机已迫在眉睫
so more people complied with non-importation now than ever before.

与此前相比越来越多人开始支持抵制英货
And at times before it had been successful,

其实在获得成功之前
but now we actually reach a new high of people complying with this.

人们对抵制英货的支持已达到新的高峰