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I-Charter Oak yiSizwe soMmandla sase-Connecticut. Umfanekiso weCharter Oak ukhethiweyo ukhethwa emva kwekota yaseburhulumenteni yaseConnec, echazwe ngo-1999. Iyintoni ibali le mthi udumile?
NgoMeyi ka-1662, iConnecticut yathola iRoyal Charter yaseKingle i-King Charles II yaseNgilandi. Lo mqulu obalulekileyo wezomthetho unikezele ikoloni amalungelo akhe okumela urhulumente.
Kwikota yesibini kamva, abameli bobukhosi baseKing James II bazama ukuthatha umqulu.
Ewe, abahlali baseConnecks babengazange bathathe ukulala, nangona i-Brits isongela ukuhlula urhulumente ize ihlule umhlaba wayo phakathi kweMassachusetts neNew York.
Ngo-Oktobha 26, ngo-1687, uSir Edmund Andros, owayenyulelwe nguMlawuli njengeRhuluneli yonke iNew England, wafika eHartford ukuba afune i-charter. Ukuzama kakuhle. Oko kwenzeka ngokwenene kuloo busuku kusihlwa kweButler's Tavern akunakuze kuqinisekiswe, kodwa i-upshot kukuba, phakathi kweengxoxo ezivuthayo phakathi kweenkokheli zeConnecs kunye nomkhosi wobukhosi ngokunikezela ngeCharter, igumbi lagqithwa ebumnyameni xa ikhandlela ezikhanyisa yaguqulwa.
Ingaba yingozi, okanye uhambo oluqhetseba lucwangciswa ngokucophelela ngabameli beeConnecs abanomdla? Singaze sazi, kodwa into esiyaziyo kukuba uNutmegger oyintandokazi, uKaputeni uJoseph Wadsworth, owayebekwe ngaphandle kwe-tavern, wafumana u-Charter ngexesha leengxabano eziqhubekayo ebumnyameni.
UWadsworth wazithatha ukuba afihle i-charter ngokukhuselekileyo ngaphakathi kwesihlahla somthi wemhlophe esibalulekileyo kwi-Wyllys i-Hartford. Umthi omhle wayesele ngaphezu kweminyaka engama-500 ubudala xa wawusebenza indima yayo ephawulekayo njengendawo yokufihla inqaku elixabisekileyo. Inkqubela ye-Wadsworth yenkalipho yakhonza ukuba ingagcini nje kuphela uxwebhu kodwa ngamalungelo abagqoloni.
Ngaloo ndlela, umthi uzuze igama lakhe lomnxeba - "i-Charter Oak". Umthi onenhlonipho wema njengomqondiso onqabileyo waseKortown omnye iminyaka engama-150 kwaze kwaba yilapho yachithwa ngexesha lesiphango ngomhla ka-Agasti 21, 1856. Isimboli sihlala sibulela kwiprogram yekota yaseburhulumenteni yase-United States.
I-Charter Oak Lives On
Ukuba u tyelela iHartford, uyakubona iSikhumbuzo seMakethe sase-Oak kwi-intersection yeCharter Oak Avenue kunye neCharter Oak Place, kufuphi nalapho umthi uhleli khona. Isikhumbuzo sanikezelwa ngo-1905.
Yintoni eyenzekayo kwimithi evela kwisihlahla esiqhayisa kakhulu saseNew England? Yayiqoshwe kwiimementos ezininzi ezibandakanya iSihlalo se-Charter Oak. Kwiiholide zentsuku ezikhokelwayo okanye ezizikhokelayo zakhiwo saseConnecit State Capitol, uyakubona esi sikhundla esiphezulu, apho igosa lenkundla yombuso eqhuba iiseshoni zee senate.
Ukuba uzimisele ngokwenene ukuzingela ubutyebi, hambisa urhulumente ekukhangela inzala yeCharter Oak. Izihlahla eziphawulekayo ze-Connecticut zigcina uluhlu lweeoki ezikholelwa ukuba ziyinzala ye-Oak Charter.