Several major events took place in Boston before and during the American Revolution.

VOA: special.2010.04.04

The majority of Englishmen were calling for the return of their nation's rightful monarch. It wasn't long before the revolution failed and the Stuart monarchy was restored.

大部分英国人都在呼吁国家的,合法君主归位，不久,革命失败了，斯图亚特王朝复辟。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Just like, you might say, the old regime in France, the old aristocratic society existing before the revolution, tended to produce a very different kind of soul, a very different kind of individual.

就像法国旧时的政体，存在革命之前的,旧时贵族社会，倾向于催化一种非常不同的灵魂，一种非常不同的个体。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

These social problems also existed before Ms.Tymoshenko and her allies launched the Orange Revolution, in which they pledged reforms and prosperity.

VOA: standard.2010.02.14

Even before the American Revolution of the late 1700s, Cape May merchants advertised in Philadelphia newspapers, inviting people to resort in Cape May.

VOA: standard.2010.03.15

The anti-tax,anti-big government Tea Party movement takes inspiration from the anti-tax protesters just before the American Revolution who threw tea into Boston Harbor to protest British taxes.

VOA: standard.2010.03.16