It may seem strange that the march of history should have had to cross the Atlantic ocean, but only in the North American colonies could a struggle for civic liberty lead also to the foundation of a new nation. 历史的行程需要跨越大西洋,这看起来似乎有些奇怪,但却只有在北美殖民地为民权和自由的斗争才能导致新国家的建立。
In 1963, puritan immigrants transplanted this idea to the British colony in North America and liked up with the mission of American nation in Christian context. 1630年的清教徒移民,便把这个观念移植到了北美的英国殖民地并在基督教的语境之下将之与美利坚民族的使命联系起来。