During this time, he saw the American colonies grow from tiny settlements into a nation and he also contributed much to the new state.

在这段时间里，他见证了美国殖民地从一个小殖民地发展成为一个国家，而他也为这个新国家做出了很大的贡献。

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The term "nation-state", Hill and Spicer argue, blurs the internal cultural and linguistic multiplicity of states that could more precisely be called "conquest states".

希尔和斯派塞认为，“民族国家”一词模糊了国家内部文化和语言的多样性，更确切地说，这些国家可以被称为“征服国家”。

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