| The complex situation of Catholicism in Great Britain had results in their Colonies. |
Isimo esiyinkimbinkimbi sobuKatolika eBrithani enkulu siphumele emakoloni abo. |
| At the time of the American revolution, Catholics formed approximately 1.6% of the total American population of the original 13 colonies. |
Ngesikhathi sokuguqulwa kwamaMelika, amaKatolika akhiwa cishe ngo-1.6% wabantu baseMelika abaphelele bama koloni angu-13.
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| If Catholics were seen as potential enemies of the British state, Irish Catholics, subject to British rule, were doubly-damned. |
Uma amaKatolika ayebonakala njengezitha ezingaba yizimbangi zaseBrithani, amaKatolika ama-Irish, ngaphansi kokubusa kweBrithani, ayenziwa kabili.
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| In Ireland they had been subject to British domination. |
E-Ireland babephansi kokubusa kweBrithani.
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| In America Catholics were still forbidden from settling in some of the colonies. |
EmaMelika amaKatolika ayengavunyelwe ukuhlala kwezinye izindawo.
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| Although the head of their faith dwelt in Rome, they were under the official representation of the Catholic Bishop of the London diocese, one James Talbot. |
Nakuba inhloko yokholo lwazo ehlala eRoma, yayingaphansi kwesimemezelo esisemthethweni soMbhishobhi wamaKatolika waseLondon diocese, oyedwa uJames Talbot.
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| When War began, Bishop Talbot declared his faithfulness to the British Crown. |
Lapho iMpi iqala, uMbhishobhi uTalbot wamemezela ukwethembeka kwakhe eBritish Crown. |
| (If he had done otherwise, Catholics in England would have been in trouble. Anti-Catholic sentiment still ran high.) |
(Uma bekwenzile okungenjalo, amaKatolika eNgilandi ayeyobe esenkingeni. Amazwi Anti Anti-Katolika aqhubeka ephakeme.)
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| He forbade any Colonial priest to serve Communion. |
Wabeka noma yimuphi umpristi wamaKoloni ukuba akhonze isidlo.
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| This made practice of the faith impossible. |
Lokhu kwenza umkhuba wokholo awunakwenzeka.
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| This created sympathy for the Colonial rebels. |
Lokhu kudala ukuzwelana kwabavukeli bamaKoloni.
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| The Continental Army's alliance with the French increased sympathy for the faith. |
Ukubambisana kwebutho lase-mbusweni laseFrance kwandisa ukuzwelana ngokholo.
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| When the French fleet arrived in Newport, Rhode Island, the colony repealed the Act of 1664 and allowed citizenship to Catholics. |
Lapho imikhumbi yaseFrance zifika eNewport, Rhode Island, ikoloni yashiya uMthetho we-1664 futhi yavumela ukuba abe yisakhamuzi kumaKatolika.
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| (This anticipated the provision of the Constitutional Bill of Rights which would strike anti-Catholic laws from the books.) |
(Lokhu kwakulindele ukuhlinzekwa koMthethosivivinywa wamaLungelo omThethosisekelo ozoshaya imithetho ye-anti-Katolika evela ezincwadini.) |
| After the war, the Pope created an American Bishop, John Carroll -- a descendant of the same Carrolls who had helped found Maryland -- and an American Diocese communicating directly with Rome. |
Ngemuva kwempi, uPapa wakha uMbhishobhi waseMelika, uJohn Carroll - inzalo kaCarrolls ofanayo owaye wasiza wathola uMadland - neDeorgia yaseMelika ekhuluma ngqo neRoma.
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| The British government commanded General Thomas Gage to enforce the Intolerable Acts and shut down the Massachusetts legislature. |
Uhulumeni waseBrithani wayala uJenene Thomas Gage ukuba agcizelele izenzo ezingenakuxolisa futhi avimbe isishayamthetho saseMassachusetts.
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| Gage decided to confiscate a stockpile of colonial arms located in Concord. |
UGage wanquma ukuthatha izikhali zamakholoni ezitshinise eCondord.
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| On April 19, 1775, Gage's troops marched to Concord. |
Ngo-Ephreli 19, 1775, amasosha kaGage afika e-Concord. |
| On the way, at the town of Lexington, Americans who had been warned in advance by Paul Revere and others of the British movements made an attempt to stop the troops. |
Endleleni, edolobheni laseLexington, amaMelika abaye baxwayiswa kusengaphambili nguPaul Revere kanye nabanye abahamba ngeBrithani bazama ukumisa amabutho. |
| No one knows which side fired the first shot, but it sparked battle on Lexington Green between the British and the Minutemen. |
Akekho owaziyo ukuthi yiliphi uhlangothi oludubule ukudubula kokuqala, kodwa kwaholela empini eLexington Green phakathi kweBrithani neMinutemen.
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| Faced against an overwhelmingly superior number of British regular troops in an open field, the Minutemen were quickly routed. |
Ebhekane nenani eliphakeme kakhulu lamaBrithani avamile emasimini avulekile, iMinutemen yahlelwa ngokushesha.
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| Nevertheless, alarms sounded through the countryside. |
Noma kunjalo, ama-alamu akhalela emaphandleni.
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| The colonial militias poured in and were able to launch guerrilla attacks on the British while they marched on to Concord. |
Amabutho e-colonial azongena futhi akwazi ukuhlasela ukuhlasela kwama-guerrilla eBrithani ngenkathi behamba beya eConstord. |
| The colonials amassed of troops at Concord. |
Amakholoni ahlangaisa amabutho eCompord.
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| They engaged the British in force there, and they were able to repulse them. |
Benza abaseBrithani bashaywe lapho, futhi bakwazi ukuwacindezela.
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| They then claimed the contents of the armory. |
Bese bazithathela ezinto zokuzivikela. |
| The British retreated to Boston under a constant and withering fire from all sides. |
AbaseBrithani baphenduka babalekela eBoston ngaphansi kokukhala kwezikhali kusukela nxazonke. |
| Only a reinforcing column with artillery support on the outskirts of Boston prevented the British withdrawal from becoming a total rout. |
ikholomu yokuqinisa izikhali zomkhondo ngaphandle kwaseBoston akuvimbela ukuhoxiswa kuphela kweBrithani ekubeni yinto ephelele. |
| The following day the British woke up to find Boston surrounded by 20,000 armed colonists, occupying the neck of land extending to the peninsula the city stood on. |
Ngosuku olulandelayo abaseBrithani baphaphama ukuthola iBoston ehaqwe ngamakoloni angama-20 000 ahlomile, ephethe intamo yomhlaba eya e-peninsula idolobha limi.
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