Eyona Ezopolitiko Abantu abaninzi baseMelika balwa kwi-American Revolution kunokuba sasicinga

Abantu abaninzi baseMelika balwa kwi-American Revolution kunokuba sasicinga

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I-American General kunye ne-stateman George Washington bayala ukwamkela imigaqo evela kwi-Bhritane Jikelele u-Charles Cornwallis, u-1 Marquess Cornwallis, owathi emva kokunikezela kwakhe waphelisa iMfazwe yase-Independence yaseMelika.Iingonyama ezintathu / imifanekiso kaFetty



Kwinyanga ephelileyo, useneta wase-Georgia State obalekela irhuluneli kubuzwa kunye neqela lomkhosi oxhobileyo kwirali yaseAtlanta, esazisa uninzi lwethu kwi-III% Militia. Bafumana igama labo kwibango labo kuphela Iipesenti ezintathu Abantu baseMelika babekhonza kumkhosi wamajoni kuVukelo lwaseMelika. Ngobusuku boSuku lweNkululeko, kufanelekile ukubuza ukuba ngaba kuphela loo pesenti iphantsi iyakhonza okanye ukuba ukuthatha inxaxheba emfazweni kwakuxhaphake kakhulu.

Le ntsomi yeepesenti ezintathu izalwe ngaphandle kwebango lokuba kuphela Abantu abangama-80,000 wakhonza kwi-Continental Army kunye namajoni ngexesha lemfazwe. Ngabantu abali-1780 abaqikelelwayo 2,780,369, oko kusinika iipesenti ezingama-2.96 zelizwe elisebenza emkhosini waseGeorge Washington.

Ngaphaya koko, amajoni angama-25,000 asweleka emfazweni okanye enzakala ngokufa, amanye angama-25,000 enzakele okanye enzakaliswe kungquzulwano, esishiya amajoni angama-30,000 kuphela ekupheleni kwemfazwe ababephilile ngokwaneleyo ukuba bangakhonza, okanye inani elincinanana kunamaHessian Mercenaries, kungabalwa iiRegulars zaseBritane, imikhosi yeLoyalist kunye namahlakani aseMelika aseMelika. Kuyamangalisa ukuba i-Bhritane iyeke, inikwe amathuba abo, kunye nokufunyanwa ngu-Conway ukuba imikhosi yase-Bhritane ibalwe isiqingatha sesigidi emkhosini wabo nakumkhosi weenqanawa ngeminyaka ye-1780. Into enokuthi ingalungi malunga nala manani aseMelika.

Kuvela ukuba inani lama-80,000 elibanjelwe malunga yayililona inombolo Iifayile zepenshini kunye nezicelo zemvume yokufumana umhlaba. Ayibandakanyi konke kwi-Continental Army, i-militia okanye ezinye iiyunithi, okanye abo babekhonza kodwa bengafakwanga fayile yepenshini okanye isicelo se-bounty-land warrant.

Umbhali-mbali uJohn Ferling ifumana ukuba ubungakanani boMkhosi wamazwekazi wawuyi-100,000, ngaphandle kokubala amajoni. Ngokuphindwe kabini elo nani lathengiswa njengamajoni, ubukhulu becala ekhusela umphambili wasekhaya, esebenza njengamapolisa, kwaye ngamanye amaxesha ebandakanyeka ekugadweni kotshaba ukongeza ekuxhaseni i-Continental Army for stretches.

UJohn K. Robertson jonga kwakulo mbandela wobungakanani bamajoni kwi Ijenali yoHlaziyo lwaseMelika in 2016 in his article Decoding Connecticut Militia 1739-1783, URobertson ufumanisa ukuba ngoMeyi ka-1774, indlu yowiso-mthetho yase-Connecticut yadala eli-17.thkunye ne-18thImirhumo. Ngelo xesha, abemi bakarhulumente babengamadoda angama-191,392 abamhlophe, ababhinqileyo nabantwana (akukho lizwi kubemi ababengengabo abamhlophe lalidwelisiwe). Kwezi, ezingama-26,260 zazikwimikhosi yezomkhosi, oko kwakuthetha ukuba iipesenti ezili-13 zabemi.

Kwaye olo qikelelo lusenokwenzeka ukuba lusezantsi kakhulu ukuba mangaphi amajoni aseConnecticut awayekhona, ngenxa yezizathu ezininzi. Okokuqala, ukusilela komda kunye nabemi baseIndiya, imfuneko yobudala eConnecticut ngo-1774 yayisezantsi kakhulu kunamanye amazwe (ubuninzi bexesha behla ukusuka kuma-60 ukuya kuma-45). Okwesibini, ngexesha loQhushululu lwaseMelika, elona xesha liphezulu lenkonzo lenyuka laya kuma-55 eConnecticut. Okwesithathu, urhulumente wayandisa imirhumo yabo ukusuka kwi-18 ukuya kwi-28, eya kuthi inike amadoda aqikelelweyo ayi-14,588 (aqikelelwa ngokwahlula ubungakanani bebutho le-1774 ngee-regiment ezili-18, ephindaphinda elo nani nge-10 kwiirejimeni ezintsha), esinika amajoni angama-40,849. Phindaphinda elo nani ngamazwe ali-13, kwaye ufumana amajoni angama-531,035 (iConnecticut yayiliphakathi eliphakathi kubalo-bantu lowe-1790). Inokuba isezantsi kancinci, kodwa elo nani lisondele kakhulu Amanani kaRobert Allison , ezingama-375,000 zikhonza, okanye phantse iipesenti ezili-15 zabemi.

Oko akubandakanyi i-US Navy, i-state navies, i-Continental Marines (i-2,000 ngoqikelelo olunye) kwaye baqikelelwa kuma-55,000 ababekhonza kumaMelika abucala , ethi isifumane ukusuka kwipesenti ezili-15 ukuya kuthi ga kwinqanaba eliphezulu lokuthatha inxaxheba okungama-25%. Eli nani alibalanga amadoda nabasetyhini abasebenze ukondla imikhosi yethu, ukunxiba imikhosi yethu, ukubonelela ngezinto, ukuqokelela ulwazi, nokukhusela umda wethu kunye nonxweme.

Kubalulekile ukuba uqaphele nokuba iipesenti ezintandathu ithathwa njengenani elikhulu kakhulu labemi beliphi ilizwe ukuba balwe imfazwe. Oko kuboniswa bubungqina kukuba imfazwe yayithandwa kakhulu ngabantu baseMelika, abathi baphuma bayokulwela inkululeko yabo, bethatha inxaxheba kwizinga eliphezulu kakhulu kunoko ubona kwamanye amazwe kwiimfazwe zabo. Inkonzo yethu yayiyinto esimele sizingce ngayo, ingeyiyo into ekumele ukuba ibe neentloni ngayo, njengoko ezinye kwimiphetho zingasenza sikholwe.

UJohn A. Tures nguprofesa wesayensi yezopolitiko eLaGrange College eLaGrange, eGa jtures@lagrange.edu . Iakhawunti yakhe ye-Twitter nguJohnTures2.

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