Lee Resolution (1776)
Citation: Adoption of the Resolution Calling for Independence from England; 7/2/1776; Reports on Administrative Affairs of the Congress; Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774 - 1789; Records of the Continental and Confederation Congresses and the Constitutional Convention, Record Group 360; National Archives Building, Washington, DC.
引文：通过要求从英格兰独立的决议； 1776 年 7 月 2 日；大会行政事务报告；大陆会议文件，1774 年至 1789 年；大陆会议和邦联会议以及制宪会议的记录，记录组 360；国家档案馆，华盛顿特区。
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查看理查德·亨利·李 (Richard Henry Lee) 手写的原始决议
On June 7, 1776, Richard Henry Lee of Virginia, introduced this resolution in the Second Continental Congress proposing independence for the American colonies.
1776年6月7日，弗吉尼亚州的理查德·亨利·李在第二次大陆会议上提出了这项决议，提议美洲殖民地独立。
In the early 1770s, more and more colonists became convinced that the British Parliament intended to take away their freedom.
1770 年代初期，越来越多的殖民者确信英国议会有意剥夺他们的自由。
After fighting broke out in Massachusetts in the spring of 1775, the King declared the colonists "in a state of open and avowed rebellion." For the first time, many colonists began to seriously consider cutting ties with Britain.
1775 年春天，马萨诸塞州爆发战斗后，国王宣布殖民者“处于公开叛乱状态”。许多殖民者第一次开始认真考虑与英国断绝关系。
The colonists elected delegates to attend a Continental Congress that eventually became the governing body of the union during the Revolution.
殖民者选举代表参加大陆会议，该会议最终成为革命期间联盟的管理机构。
Its second meeting convened in Philadelphia in 1775.
1775 年，其第二次会议在费城召开。
The delegates to Congress adopted strict rules of secrecy to protect the cause of American liberty and their own lives.
国会代表们通过了严格的保密规则，以保护美国自由事业和他们自己的生命。
In less than a year, most of the delegates abandoned hope of reconciliation with Britain.
不到一年，大多数代表就放弃了与英国和解的希望。
On June 7, 1776, Richard Henry Lee introduced a resolution "that these united colonies are and of right ought to be free and independent states," acting under the instruction of the Virginia Convention.
1776 年 6 月 7 日，理查德·亨利·李在弗吉尼亚公约的指导下提出了一项决议，“这些联合殖民地是而且理应成为自由和独立的国家”。
The Lee Resolution contained three parts: a declaration of independence, a call to form foreign alliances, and "a plan for confederation."
李决议案包括三个部分：独立宣言、呼吁建立外国联盟和“联邦计划”。
On June 11, 1776, the Congress appointed three concurrent committees in response to the Lee Resolution: one to draft a declaration of independence, a second to draw up a plan "for forming foreign alliances," and a third to "prepare and digest the form of a confederation."
1776年6月11日，国会根据李氏决议任命了三个并行委员会：一个负责起草独立宣言，第二个委员会负责制定“建立外国联盟”的计划，第三个委员会负责“准备和消化联邦的形式”。
Because many members of the Congress believed the actions Lee proposed to be premature or wanted instructions from their colonies before voting, approval was deferred until July 2.
由于许多国会议员认为李提议的行动为时过早，或者希望在投票前得到其殖民地的指示，因此批准被推迟到 7 月 2 日。
On that date, Congress adopted the first part (the declaration).
当天，国会通过了第一部分（宣言）。
The words of the Lee Resolution are echoed in the Declaration of Independence.
《李氏决议》的内容在《独立宣言》中得到了呼应。
The document seen here shows the vote on the Lee Resolution — the affirmative votes of 12 colonies are listed at the right.
这里看到的文件显示了对李决议的投票结果——12个殖民地的赞成票列在右侧。
New York cast no vote until the newly elected New York Convention upheld the Declaration of Independence on July 9, 1776.
直到 1776 年 7 月 9 日新当选的纽约公约维持《独立宣言》之前，纽约才进行投票。
The plan for making treaties was not approved until September of 1776; the plan of confederation was delayed until November of 1777.
直到1776年9月，缔约计划才获得批准；联邦计划被推迟到 1777 年 11 月。
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The Com.
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of the Whole Congress to whom was referred the resolution and [illegible] the Declaration respecting independence.
向全体代表提交了有关独立的决议和[难以辨认]的宣言。
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Resolved That these united colonies are and of right ought to be free and independence states; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British crown and that all political connection between them and the state of great Britain is and ought to be totally dissolved.
决定这些联合殖民地是而且理应是自由和独立的国家；他们被免除对英国王室的所有效忠，他们与大不列颠国家之间的所有政治联系都应该并且应该被完全解除。
No. 5 } Report of the resolution for independency agreed to July 2, 1776 [to the right of the just above section, written sideways from the right side of the paper are the following, fin this order, followed by a black line:] A N NHS ________ Mas.
No. 5 } 1776 年 7 月 2 日通过的独立决议报告 [在上一节的右侧，从纸张右侧横向书写如下，按此顺序，后接黑线：] A N NHS ________ Mas。
________ Ro Isl.
________ 罗岛
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________ 连接。
________ NJersey ________ Pennsy.
________ 新泽西州 ________ 彭西。
________ Delaware ________ Virginia ________ N Caro ________ S Carol ________ Georgia ________ Maryland ________
________ 特拉华州 ________ 弗吉尼亚州 ________ N 卡罗 ________ S 卡罗尔 ________ 佐治亚州 ________ 马里兰 ________
[At the bottom right corner of page, written sideways from top to bottom is:] 90 81 96 96 —— 383
[页面右下角，从上到下横写为：] 90 81 96 96 —— 383