| The complex situation of Catholicism in Great Britain had results in their Colonies. |
Situata e nderlikuar e katolicizmit nw Britanine e madhe kishe rezultate ne kolonite e tyre |
| At the time of the American revolution, Catholics formed approximately 1.6% of the total American population of the original 13 colonies. |
Ne kohen e revolucionit Amerikan, katoliket formuan perafersisht 1,6% nga totali i numrit te amerikaneve nga 13 kilonite origjinale. |
| If Catholics were seen as potential enemies of the British state, Irish Catholics, subject to British rule, were doubly-damned. |
Nese katoliket dukeshin si armiq potencial te shtetit te Britanise, katoliket Irlandez, subjekte te sundimit Britanez, ishin dyfish te mallkuar. |
| In Ireland they had been subject to British domination. |
Ne Irlande ishin subjekte te dominances Britanike |
| In America Catholics were still forbidden from settling in some of the colonies. |
Ne Amerike katoliket ishin ende te ndaluar per qendrim ne disa nga kolonite. |
| 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. |
Edhepse koka e besimit te tyre qendronte ne Rome, ata ishin nen reprezentimin zyrtat te peshkopeve katolik ne bioqeze te Londres, e James Talbot. |
| When War began, Bishop Talbot declared his faithfulness to the British Crown. |
Kur nisi lufta, peshkopi Talbot deklaroi besimin e tij ne kuroren e Britanise |
| (If he had done otherwise, Catholics in England would have been in trouble. Anti-Catholic sentiment still ran high.) |
(Nese ai vepronte ndryshe, katoliket ne Angli do te ishin ne telashe. Sentimenti anti-katolik ende ishte i larte. |
| He forbade any Colonial priest to serve Communion. |
Ai ndaloi cdo prift kolonial te sherbete ne komunitet.
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| This made practice of the faith impossible. |
Kje e beri ushtrimin e fese te pamundeshem. |
| This created sympathy for the Colonial rebels. |
Kjo krijoi simpati per rrebelet kolonial. |
| The Continental Army's alliance with the French increased sympathy for the faith. |
Aleanca e ushtire kontinentale me pelqim te ngritur te franqezve per besimin. |
| When the French fleet arrived in Newport, Rhode Island, the colony repealed the Act of 1664 and allowed citizenship to Catholics. |
Kur flota franqeze arriti ne Newport, Rhode Island, kolonia e refuzoi aktin e vitit 1664 dhe lejoi nenshtetesine e katolikeve. |
| (This anticipated the provision of the Constitutional Bill of Rights which would strike anti-Catholic laws from the books.) |
(Ky provizion i parashikuar i projektligjit konstitucional te te drejtave i cili do te godiste ligjet anti-katolike nga librat. |
| 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. |
Pas luftes, Papa krijoi Peshkop amerikan, John Carroll -- ne pasardhes i te njejteve Carrol qe i ka ndihmuar per te gjetur Merilend -- dhe nje Dioqeze amerikane te cilat komunikonin ne menyre direkte me Romen. |
| The British government commanded General Thomas Gage to enforce the Intolerable Acts and shut down the Massachusetts legislature. |
Qeveria Britaneze urdheroi gjeneralin Thomas Gage te zbatoj aktet e patolerueshme dhe ta fik legjislaturen e Massachusetsit. |
| Gage decided to confiscate a stockpile of colonial arms located in Concord. |
Gage(Gejxh) vendosi te konfiskoj nje grumbull armesh koloniale te vendosura ne Konkord. |
| On April 19, 1775, Gage's troops marched to Concord. |
Me 19, prill, 1775, trupat e Gage marshuan ne Konkord. |
| 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. |
Pergjat rruges per qytetin e Lexington, amerikanet te cilet ishin perpara te paralajmeruar nga Paul Revere dhe te tjere nga levizjet Britaneze bene nje perpjekje per te ndaluar trupat. |
| No one knows which side fired the first shot, but it sparked battle on Lexington Green between the British and the Minutemen. |
Askush nuk e din se cila ane shteni pelumbin e pare, por ndezi beteje ne Lexington Green ndermjet Britanikeve dhe Minutemeneve. |
| Faced against an overwhelmingly superior number of British regular troops in an open field, the Minutemen were quickly routed. |
Te ballafaquar nga trupa me numra superior te medhenj te Britanikeve ne fushe te hapur, Minutemenet ishin shpejt te shpartalluar. |
| Nevertheless, alarms sounded through the countryside. |
Megjithate, alarmet brohorisnin neper fshatrat. |
| The colonial militias poured in and were able to launch guerrilla attacks on the British while they marched on to Concord. |
Militantet kolonist erdhen dhe ishin ne gjendje te nisin sulme guerile ndaj britanezeve derisa marshonin per ne Konkord. |
| The colonials amassed of troops at Concord. |
Kolonialet mblodhen trupat ne Konkord. |
| They engaged the British in force there, and they were able to repulse them. |
Ata luftan me forcat Britanike atje , dhe ishin te afte qe ti zmbrapsin. |
| They then claimed the contents of the armory. |
Pastaj ata pervetesuan permbajtjen e magazinave ushtarake. |
| The British retreated to Boston under a constant and withering fire from all sides. |
Britanezet u zmbrapsen per ne Boston nen sulme konstane nga te gjitha anet. |
| Only a reinforcing column with artillery support on the outskirts of Boston prevented the British withdrawal from becoming a total rout. |
Vetem nje kolone perforcuese me mbeshtetje artilerike ne periferi te Bostonit e ndaluan zmbrapsjen e Britanezeve qe te behej nje shpartallosje totale. |
| 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. |
Diten e neserme Britaniket u zgjuan per ta gjetur Bostonin te rrethura me 20,000 trupa kolonist, duke okupuar gryken e tokes qe zgjatet deri te gadishulli ku gjindet qyteti. |
