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The American Revolution was not a revolution in the sense of a radical or total change. It was not a sudden and violent overturn

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问题     The American Revolution was not a revolution in the sense of a radical or total change. It was not a sudden and violent overturning of the political and social framework, such as later occurred in France and Russia, when both were already independent nations. Significant changes were ushered in, but they were not breathtaking. What happened was accelerated evolution rather than outright revolution. During the conflict itself people went on working and praying, marrying and playing. Most of them were not seriously disturbed by the actual fighting, and many of the more isolated communities scarcely knew that a war was on.
    America’s War of Independence heralded the birth of three modern nations. One was Canada, which received its first large influx of English-speaking population from the thousands of loyalists who fled there from the United States. Another was Australia, which became a penal colony now that America was no longer available for prisoners and debtors. The third new comer—the United States—based itself squarely on republican principles.
    Yet even the political overturn was not as revolutionary as one might suppose. In some states, notable Connecticut and Rhode Island, the war largely ratified a colonial self-rule already existing. British officials, everywhere ousted, were replaced by a home-grown governing class, which promptly sought a local substitute for king and Parliament.
What will the paragraph following the passage most probably discuss?
选项 A、The transport of prisoners to Australia.
B、The creation of new state governments.
C、Events leading up to the American Revolution.
D、How Canada and the United States became friends.
答案B
解析 推断题。文章第二段讲的是美国独立战争宣布了三个现代国家的诞生：加拿大、澳大利亚、美国。第三段说的是美国创立的具体情况，并列举康涅狄格和罗德岛等州来举例说明。因此推断文章接下来最有可能谈论的是新州政府的成立。
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