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  3. Historian Colin Calloway argues that in the late colonial period preceding the American Revolution (1775-1783), the British gove

Historian Colin Calloway argues that in the late colonial period preceding the American Revolution (1775-1783), the British gove

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问题     Historian Colin Calloway argues that in the late colonial period preceding the American Revolution (1775-1783), the British government sought to seal off territory west of the Appalachian Mountain from the encroachment of land-hungry White settlers, to negotiate with Native American peoples as independent foreign states, and to guarantee the integrity of traditional native American hunting grounds. By contrast, White Americans, released by the out break of the Revolution from the constraints of Britain’s allegedly benevolent policies, are portrayed by Calloway as ruthless land-grabbers whose new national government endorsed their rapacity. Bernard Bailyn argues, however, that the “Americans” who encroached on Native American land during the Revolution had been British only a few years before. When, during and after the Revolution, White Americans seized Native American land by any available means, they were continuing a tradition dating back to the earliest years of English settlement in North America. And, according to Bailyn, the British government’s prewar efforts to preserve the trans-Appalachian west for Native Americans resulted not from humanitarian virtue or ethnic tolerance but from British Merchants’ desire to maintain their lucrative trade with native Americans and the government’ s desire to control immigration and avoid costly conflict between White and Native Americans over land.
The reference to “the earliest years of English settlement in North America” serves primarily to emphasize the point that
选项 A、Calloway has exaggerated the ruthlessness and rapacity of White settlers in their relations with native Americans prior to the American Revolution.
B、Seizure of Native American lands by White settlers had increased dramatically throughout the time of British Colonial rule.
C、At one time White settlers had negotiated with Native American people as independent foreign states.
D、White settlers had no legitimate ground for claiming title to land they seized west of the Appalachian Mountains.
E、Aggression by White settlers against Native Americans during and after the American Revolution was not a new phenomenon.
答案E
解析 本题属于功能题，定位句服务于贝林的观点，因此要表明的是英国人也不是出于人道主义。而定位句本身想要通过说明美国人掠夺土地是从英国人那里学来的来支持贝林的观点，因此选项E最合适。not a new phenomenon说明英国人在美国白人之前就已经在掠夺土地了。A项定位句和强调残忍无关。B项支持了卡洛威的观点，与定位句意图相反。C项支持了卡洛威的观点，与定住句意图相反。D项与卡洛威的观点方向一致。另外，文章也没有提及白人领土的合法性。
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