Isimemezelo Sokuqala Sesizwe Sokuzimela (mhlawumbe) Ubiza Ikhaya leCharlotte
Ngo-May 20, 1775. Lelo suku alisho okuningi kubantu abaningi. Kodwa kubahlali baseCharlotte, kuyinto enhle kakhulu. Lona usuku uMemezelo Wokuzimela We-Mecklenburg (obizwa nangokuthi "uMeck Dec") usayinwe.
Kukhona ukungqubuzana okuzungeze idokhumenti. Ezinye izazi-mlando ziphika ukuthi zikhona. Kodwa uma indaba evelele kuyiqiniso, lokhu kuyoba yisimemezelo sokuqala sokuzibusa e-United States - ngaphambi kokumemezela kwezwe cishe ngonyaka.
Indaba ithi lapho izakhamuzi zaseMecklenburg County zizwa ngezimpi zaseLexington naseConstord eMassachusetts ezaqala i-American Revolution, zanquma ukuthi zizoba khona. Naphezu kokuthi leli dolobha labizwa ngegama lokuzama ukuhlala emagcekeni amahle eNkosi yaseBrithani uGeorge III , kwabhalwa incwadi eyabika ukuthi iBritish ayinalo igunya phezu kwalesi sikhungo.
Le dokhumenti yanikezwa uCaptain James Jack, owagibela eFiladelphia ngehhashi wabe esethumela eCongress. Ukuthunyelwa kweNorth Carolina lapho kwatshela uJack ukuthi basekela lokho akwenzayo, kodwa kwakungakafiki isikhathi sokubandakanyeka kweCongress.
Izazi-mlando ziphinde ziphikisana ngokuthi isimemezelo seMecklenburg of Independence sasingesona isimemezelo sangempela sokuzimela, futhi empeleni asizange sibe khona. Basikisela ukuthi kwakumane nje inguqulo evamile ye "Mecklenburg Resolves" - idokhumenti eshicilelwe ngo-1775 eyayihlose, kepha ayizange ibe khona ekumemezele ukuzimela.
Isimemezelo saseMecklenburg sathi sanyatheliswa ephephandabeni ngo-1775, kodwa noma yibuphi ubufakazi balokhu kanye nombhalo wokuqala owalahlekelwa emlilweni ekuqaleni kwawo-1800. Umbhalo we "Meck Dec" wabuye wavuselelwa futhi washicilelwa ephephandabeni cishe maphakathi nawo-1800. Abalando-mlando bathi lo mbhalo osanda kutholakala, ukhokhelwe amagama avela ku-United States Declaration of Independence - manje eseneminyaka engaba ngu-50 ubudala.
Lokhu kwaholela ekumangaliseni ukuthi "uMeck Dec" akakaze abonakalise inkululeko ephelele, nokuthi abantu babemkhumbula nje kuphela futhi beyibuyisela (ngokungalungile) iMecklenburg Resolves. Le mpikiswano ibuyiselwe kulo mbuzo: ingabe uThomas Jefferson wayeboleka amagama e-US Declaration of Independence kusukela eMemezelweni yaseMecklenburg noma kwakungenye indlela?
Nakuba izazi-mlando ziphikisana ngokukhona kwalolu dokhumenti, uCharlotteans wazi kahle ukuthi likhona. Uzothola lolo suku efulethini lezwe kanye nesimiso sombuso saseNyakatho Carolina. Kwase kuphele isikhathi eside, uMeyi 20 kwakuyisikhathi seholide esesemthethweni eNorth Carolina, futhi sigubha ngisho nangaphezulu kunokwesine kuJulayi. Idolobha lizobamba iqhaza futhi libikezele ngalolo suku, izikole zivaliwe usuku (ngezinye izikhathi ngisho neviki lonke), futhi abaMengameli bavame ukuvakashela ukukhuluma. Kule minyaka, abaMongameli abane base-US bahlezi lapha ngosuku lwe "Meck Dec" - kuhlanganise noTaft, Wilson, Eisenhower neFord.
Cishe ngo-1820, uJohn Adams wezwa ngeminyaka edlule ethi "Meck Dec" futhi waqala ukuphikisana nokukhona kwayo. Njengoba ubufakazi obuphela kuphela belahlekile, futhi ofakazi abaningi bokuzibonela bebefile, kwakungekho muntu ozofakazela indaba ephikisayo. Ukuphawula kuka-Adams kwanyatheliswa ephephandabeni laseMassachusetts, futhi inkantolo yeNorth Carolina yasungula ukuqoqa ubufakazi obusekelayo, kufaka phakathi ubufakazi bokuzibonela.
Abafakazi abaningana bavuma ukuthi uMecklenburg County ngempela imemezele ukuzimela kwabo ngosuku oluthiwa ngalo (kodwa labafakazi ngeke bavumelane ngemininingwane encane).
Kuvela ukuthi mhlawumbe ufakazi owaziwa kakhulu - uCaptain James Jack - wayesaphila ngalesi sikhathi. UJack wagcizelela ukuthi wayethumele ngokuqinisekile incwadi e-Continental Congress ngaleso sikhathi, futhi lelo dokhumenti laliyisimemezelo sokuzimela kweMecklenburg County.