美国价值观

Basic American Values and Beliefs

基本的美国价值观和信仰

Individual Freedom and Self-Reliance

个人自由和自力更生

The earliest settlers came to the North American continent to establish colonies which were free

from the controls that existed in European societies. They wanted to escape the controls placed

on

their

lives

by

kings

and

governments,priests

and

churches,noblemen

and

aristocrats.

To

a

great

extent,they

succeeded.

In

1776

the

British

colonial

settlers

declared

their

independence

from

England

and

established

a

new

nation,the

United

States

of

America.

In

so

doing,they

overthrew the king of England and declared that the power to govern would lie in the hands of

the

people.

They

were

now

free

from

the

power

of

the

king.

In

1789,when

they

wrote

the

Constitution for their new nation,they separated church and state so that there would never be a

government-supported

church.

Also,in

writing

the

Constitution

they

expressly

forbade

titles

of

nobility to ensure that an aristocratic society would not develop. There would be no ruling class

of noblemen in the new nation.

最早的定居者来到北美大陆建立殖民地是自 由的控制存在于欧洲社会。

他们想逃避国王和政

府的控制他们的 生活

,

牧师和教会、

贵族和贵族中流行 。

在很大程度上

,

他们成功了。

1776

年

,

英国殖 民定居者宣布脱离英国独立

,

建立了一个新国家

,

美利坚合众国。

这样做

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他们推翻了英

格兰国王

,

宣布权力治理将躺在人民的手中。

他们现在没有国王的力量。

< br>在

1789

年

,

当时他们

写宪法为他们的新国家

,

他们教会和国家分离

,

不会有一个由政府支持的教会。

同时

,

在写宪法

明 确禁止贵族头衔的

,

以确保一个贵族社会不会发展。就没有贵族 统治阶级的新国家。

The historic decisions made by those first settlers have had a profound effect on the shaping of

the

American

character.

By

limiting

the

power

of

the

government

and

eliminating

a

formal

aristocracy,they

created

a

climate

of

freedom

where

the

emphasis

was

on

the

individual.

The

United States came to be associated in their minds with the concept of individual freedom. This is

probably the most basic of all the American values.