21世纪研究生英语综合教程课后翻译.docVIP

综合教程1 第一单元 Because of the sizable colonial trades with many overseas areas，the gold and silver coins of all the important commercial countries of Europe and their dependencies in the Western Hemisphere were freely exchanged throughout the eastern seaboard. More important than English coins，which could not be legally exported from Britain to the colonies，were the sliver coins of the Spanish mint. These were struck in Mexico City and Lima and introduced into the Spanish colonies. Spanish dollars were so common in the colonies that the coin was eventually adopted as the monetary unit of the Uni