I-Legend of the Charter Oak: Isihlahla sikahulumeni sase-Connecticut sikaHulumeni

Indaba Evela Esihlahleni Esidume Kunazo zonke seConnecticut

I-Charter Oak iyisihlahla sase State Connecticut esisemthethweni. Isithombe seCharter Oak esikhethiwe sasikhethwa ukuba sibuyele emuva kwekota yesifundazwe saseConnecticut, esenziwe ngo-1999. Iyini indaba yalesi sihlahla esidumile?

Ngo-May ka-1662, iConnecon yathola iRoyal Charter yayo ephuma eNgilandi yaseKingland II. Le dokhumenti yomthetho ebalulekile inikeze ikoloni amalungelo ayo okuzimele.

Ekhulwini lesine leminyaka kamuva, abameli beNkosi uJames James II bazama ukuthatha lo mqulu.

Abahlali baseConnecon babengeke bathathe ukulala phansi, nakuba iBrits esongela ukuhlukanisa umbuso nokuhlukanisa amazwe awo phakathi kweMassachusetts neNew York.

Ngo-Okthoba 26, 1687, uSir Edmund Andros, owayenqunywe yiCrown njengombusi we-New England, wafika eHartford ukuyofuna lo mqulu. Zama okuhle. Okwenzeka nakanjani phakathi nobusuku obusihlwa e-Butler's Tavern angeke kutholakale, kodwa lokhu kuwukuthi, phakathi kwezingxabano ezishisayo phakathi kwabaholi baseConnecticut kanye nombuso wasebukhosini ngokunikezela uMqulu, igumbi lagcwala ebumnyameni lapho amabhandlela ekhanyisa yaguqulwa.

Ingabe kwakuyingozi, noma indlela yokuqamba imimoya ihlelwe ngokucophelela ngabalweli bezintandokazi zama-Connecticut? Singaze sazi, kodwa lokho esikwaziyo ukuthi iNutmegger eyodwa ethandekayo, uCaptain Joseph Wadsworth, owayebekwe ngaphandle kwe-tavern, wathola ukuthi uphethe iCharter ngesikhathi sezingxabano eziqhubekayo ebumnyameni.

UWadsworth wazama ukufihla lo mqulu ngokuphepha ngaphakathi kwesihlahla somthunzi omhlophe osemhlophe endaweni yaseWyllys eHartford. Isihlahla esihle kakhulu sasivele sisevile eminyakeni engama-500 ubudala lapho senza indima yaso emangalisayo njengendawo yokucasha yomqulu oyigugu. Ukunyakaza kwesibindi sikaWadsworth kusebenze ukulondoloza hhayi kuphela idokhumenti kodwa amalungelo wabolononti.

Ngakho-ke, lesi sihlahla sathola isidlaliso sayo - "i-Oak Charter." Isihlahla esihloniphekile sasiyisibonakaliso sokuzikhukhumeza saseCentor iminyaka engama-150 kwaze kwaba yilapho sasiqothulwa ngesikhathi siphepho ngo-Agasti 21, 1856. Ngakho-ke, ukuzungeza kwawo kwakungamamitha angu-33. Uphawu luhlala ngokubonga uhlelo lwezindlu zasekhaya zaseMelika waseMint.

I-charter Oak ihlala

Uma uvakashela i-Hartford, ungabona iSikhumbuzo se-Oak Charter emkhakheni weCharter Oak Avenue kanye neCharter Oak Place, eduze nalapho isihlahla sasimi khona. Isikhumbuzo sanikezelwa ngo-1905.

Kwenzekani ezinkuni ezisuka esihlahleni esihlonishwa kakhulu eNew England? Kwakuqoshwe emakethe amaningi kufaka phakathi uSihlalo we-Charter Oak. Emasontweni angamahhala wezinsuku eziholwa noma ezizimele ezakhiweni zase-Connecticut state Capitol, ungabona lesi sihlalo esihle, lapho umbusi wesonto lombuso ehola khona izikhathi zesenethi.

Uma uphakamise kakhulu ukuzingelwa komcebo, hamba uhulumeni ufuna inzalo kaCharter Oak. Izihlahla eziphawulekayo zaseConnecie zigcina uhlu lwamagquma okholelwa ukuthi yizinzalo ze-Oak Charter.