Xa kuziwa ekuveliseni i-American Revolution ekuphileni, akukho ndawo ibeka ikhandlela kuColonial Williamsburg, e-Virginia eyaziwayo. Isayithi lesiganeko sokuhlala kwimbali sivumela iintsapho zibuyele emva kwexesha le-18 leminyaka leMelika ukuba zibone ukuveliswa kwesizwe sethu esincinane. Njengoko uhlolisisa umzi, uya kuhlangana nabakholoni baseMelika abamele benze ukhetho lokuguqula ubomi nokuba bahlale bethembekile kumbusi waseBrithani okanye balwe nohlanga oluzimeleyo kunye noluntu oluzimeleyo.
Ukuphila, ukuphefumla kwesiXeko saseRevolutionary akusiyo indawo apho ukhangelelwa khona kodwa ungathinti. Kufuneka uxoxe nabalingisi kwisigqoko se-colonial (ngubani oza kuhlala ekhwabaneni), nidle kwiindawo zokuthungela kwi-Colonial fare, kwaye uzame imisebenzi emininzi enyanisekileyo kwixesha.
Iintsapho kunye nabaselula banokuzama enye yemisebenzi emitsha ebanda kakhulu. Udidi lwezemfundo lwe-Colonial Williamsburg lunikeza ithuba lokufunda malunga nokusebenzisa iintlobo zezixhobo ezithintele ukuzimela kwaye zisekela ubomi kunye nokuphila kwiminyaka yokuqala yaseMelika.
Abantwana abaneminyaka eyi-14 nangaphezulu kunye nabazali babo bangakwazi ukubeka phambili kunye nomlilo wokuphindaphinda kweemibutho ezimbini ezibalulekileyo zaseMelika: "i-Brown Bess" i-musket yeprogram yasezantsi yaseBrithani kunye neqhekeza elincinci, umxhasi we-shotgun wamanje. Iincwadana zeBruce Bess zoluhlu lubonisa iintlobo ezifakwe phakathi kwe-1768 no-1804 ngaphakathi kwinqanaba elibanzi ukusuka ku-1717 no-1815.
Ezi zibhamu zihlobo lwe-musket ezisetyenziselwa ngamasoldini aseBrithani naseMerika ngexesha leMelika yokuHlaziya. Iziqwenga ezithwalwe zifakwe kwiindawo zokuzingela amadada kunye nezinye iintlanzi zaseTidewater iVirginia kunye nokulawulwa kwezilwanyana. Ngokucacileyo, ngeli xesha bangabanjelwa ngokomthetho ngabamnyama abakhululekile ngenjongo yokugqibela.
Ukongezelela, iintsapho ziyakwazi ukufunda kubaguquli abaziindleko malunga nembali yezixhobo ze-flintlock, ngokukodwa kwi-colonial Virginia, i-mechanics yabo, isebenzise ekuzingeleni nasekukhuseleni, kunye nokukhuselwa nokuphathwa kakuhle.
UPeter Seibert, umlawuli waseColonial Williamsburg wezobugcisa nezakhono, uthi: "Kwiminyaka emininzi iindwendwe zethu zingafunda malunga nalezi ziqwenga kwaye zijonge ziqhutyelwa." Ngoku banokuziva - ubunzima, ukuvumba, nesandi - khankanya indlela inzima ngayo ukusebenza kwabo abantu abahlala bechomekeke kuyo. "
Funda ukuKhusela iMiskets
Ukuba unqwenela ukuthatha inxaxheba kwimisebenzi ye-musket, kuya kufuneka ugcine izithuba ngokukhawuleza kwaye ubonise i-ID yesithombe ukuthenga amathikithi kwisiza. Amathikiti ahlawula i-$ 119 kwiindwendwe ezineminyaka engama-14 ubudala. Abantwana abangaphantsi kweminyaka eyi-18 mabahambe kunye nomzali okanye umgcini. Iindwendwe ezithethwayo ziza kufakwa kwi-musket nge-shuttle kwi-Williamsburg Lodge. Ithikithi ibandakanya imigaqo, izixhobo zokusebenza zokuphepha, izixhobo kunye neethagethi.
Imisebenzi eninzi epholileyo kwiColonial Williamsburg
- Yiba yiMfazwe yeNguqulelo I-Spy : I-"RevQuest: Londoloza i-Revolution!". Umdlalo uphendukela kwiindwendwe zibe yintsebenziswano yokusebenza ngokukhawuleza ukunceda ukulwa kwabo ukuzimela kwi-Great Britain.
- Iinguqulelo Zolwazi lwabantwana: Hlanganisa umkhosi uze ufunde ngobomi bejoni ekampini yempi. Dlala imidlalo yekoloni kwiNdlu yaseBenjamin Powell uze ufumane umboniso wobomi bemihla ngemihla yomntwana.