2 Chapter 1 Young Johnny

Chapter 1 Young Johnny It was September 26, 1774, in Leominster, Massachusetts. Colonists were just beginning to pick newly ripened apples from their trees. Nathaniel and Elizabeth Chapman were celebrating. Their first son was born that day. They named him John, but someday he would be better known as Johnny Appleseed.

1774年9月26日，在马萨诸塞州的莱明斯特。 殖民者刚刚开始从他们的树上采摘新成熟的苹果。 Nathaniel和Elizabeth Chapman正在庆祝。 他们的第一个儿子就在那天出生了。 他们给他起名叫约翰，但有一天，他更广为人知的名字是苹果籽约翰尼。

Johnny also had a sister named Elizabeth. She was four years old. The family was poor and lived in a small house they rented from relatives. Though Johnny's father did farming and carpentry work, he wasn't very successful.

约翰尼还有一个妹妹叫伊丽莎白。 她才四岁。这家人很穷，住在从亲戚那里租来的一间小房子里。 虽然约翰尼的父亲从事农业和木工工作，但他并不是很成功。

THE BOSTON TEA PARTY TODAY, AMERICANS DRINK MORE COFFEE THAN TEA. BUT IN

今天的波士顿倾茶事件，美国人喝的咖啡比茶多。 但在

JOHNNY APPLESEED'S TIME, IT WAS THE OTHER WAY AROUND. TEA WAS MORE POPULAR. SO THE COLONISTS GOT REALLY MAD WHEN THE ENGLISH GOVERNMENT PUT A TAX ON IT. BEGINNING IN 1765, ENGLAND SAID COLONISTS HAD TO PAY TAXES ON IMPORTED GLASS, LEAD, PAINT, PAPER, AND TEA. COLONISTS DIDN'T WANT TO BE TAXED IF THEY WEREN'T ALLOWED ANY SAY IN MAKING LAWS. THEY DID EVERYTHING THEY COULD TO AVOID PAYING THE TAXES. ON DECEMBER 16, 1773, A GROUP OF COLONISTS DECIDED TO PROTEST THE TEA TAX IN A BIG WAY. DISGUISED AS MEMBERS OF THE MOHAWK TRIBE, THEY SNEAKED ONTO SHIPS DOCKED IN BOSTON HARBOR. THE SHIPS WERE LOADED WITH 342 BOXES OF TEA. MANY COLONISTS LIKED

在苹果籽约翰尼的时代，情况正好相反。 茶更受欢迎。所以当英国政府对它征税时，殖民者真的很生气。 从1765年开始，英国规定殖民者必须为进口玻璃、铅、油漆、纸张和茶叶纳税。 如果殖民者不被允许在制定法律方面有任何发言权，他们就不想被征税。 他们想尽一切办法来逃税。 1773年12月16日，一群殖民者决定大规模抗议茶叶税。 他们伪装成莫霍克部落的成员，偷偷溜上停靠在波士顿港的船只。 这些船装载了342箱茶叶。 许多殖民者喜欢

TEA SO MUCH THAT THEY HAD A HARD TIME DOING WITHOUT IT. TO STOP ANYONE FROM BUYING THE TEA, THESE MEN TOSSED IT OVERBOARD. THIS PROTEST BECAME KNOWN AS THE BOSTON TEA PARTY. IT HAPPENED JUST FIFTY MILES FROM LEOMINSTER, WHERE JOHNNY WAS BORN NINE MONTHS LATER.

他们太爱喝茶了，没有茶他们很难活下去。 为了阻止任何人购买茶叶，这些人把茶叶扔到海里。 这次抗议被称为波士顿倾茶事件。 这件事发生在离莱明斯特只有50英里的地方，9个月后约翰尼就出生在那里。

Shortly before Johnny was born, his father had taken on yet a third job. At that time, many colonists wanted to go to war against England. They hoped to break away and form a new country. Like many of these patriots, Johnny's father became a minuteman. Minutemen promised to defend the thirteen colonies from English troops at a minute's notice. When Johnny was less than a year old, his father was called to duty. He helped fight the English at the battle of Bunker Hill.

约翰尼出生前不久，他的父亲又做了第三份工作。 当时，许多殖民者想要与英国开战。 他们希望脱离这个国家，成立一个新的国家。 像许多爱国者一样，约翰尼的父亲成为了一名民兵。 民兵承诺，只要接到通知，他们就会保卫13个殖民地免受英国军队的攻击。 约翰尼不到一岁时，他的父亲被征召入伍。 他在邦克山战役中帮助与英国人作战。