Finally, Bailyn argues that the colonies were a 半开化 穷乡僻壤 of the European culture system. He is undoubtedly correct to insist that the colonies were part of an Anglo-American empire. But to divide the empire into English core and colonial periphery, as Bailyn does, devalues8A the achievements of colonial culture. It is true, as Bailyn claims, that high culture in the colonies never matched4A that in England. But what of seventeenth-century 4美国东北六个州的联合, where the settlers created effective laws, built a 著名大学, and published books? Bailyn might respond that New England was exceptional. However, the ideas and institutions developed by New England 清教徒 had powerful effects on North American culture.
这一段该讲什么:总结;或者为什么给这样的评价;要么就是延伸性内容Although Bailyn goes on to apply his approach to some thousands of indentured servants who migrated just prior to the revolution, he fails to2本段是文章的总结 link2D their experience with the political development of the United States. Evidence presented in his work suggests how we might make such a connection. These indentured servants were treated as slaves for the period during which they had sold their time to American employers. 很正常 that as soon as they served their time they 放弃 good wages in the cities and headed west to ensure their personal independence by acquiring land. Thus, it is in the west that a peculiarly American political culture began, among colonists who were suspicious of authority and intensely anti-aristocratic.
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