对牙齿的分析说明他来自英格兰西南部,这与历史学家最近的观点不同,他们认为当时的船员可能是强征入伍的囚犯或者地中海雇佣军。
The teeth revealed that he came from south-west England - unlike, historians have recently suggested, crew who may have been press-ganged prisoners of war or Mediterranean mercenaries.
英国的棉纺工业走在了这种转变的前头。不久他们遇到竞争,一开始来自新英格兰,然后是美国南部。
The cotton industry in Britain was in the vanguard of that transformation but soon faced competition-first from New England, then from America's South.
他们抗争的理由之一是来自不同地方的议员的权利有所不同,苏格兰的议员可以对英格兰事务的法律投票,但英格兰的议员却无权参与苏格兰议会的事务。
Currently an MP from Scotland can vote on legislation which affects only England but MPs from England (or indeed Scotland) cannot vote on matters devolved to the Scottish parliament.
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