Khipha amagama abo bonke oMongameli baseMelika bangaphambilini esigabeni esingezansi:
Context:Ama-musket anezikhiye ezishintshashintshayo adonsela ukunakekela kukaThomas Jefferson ngemizamo ka-Honoré Blanc lapho uJefferson eyiNxusa eFrance ngo-1785. UJefferson wazama ukukholisa uBlanc ukuba athuthele eMelika, kodwa akazange aphumelele, ngakho wabhalela uNobhala Wezempi waseMelika ngalo mbono, kwathi lapho ebuyela e-USA wasebenza ukuxhasa ukuthuthukiswa kwawo. UMongameli uGeorge Washington wawusekela lo mbono, futhi ngo-1798 u-Eli Whitney wanikezwa inkontileka yokwakha izibhamu ezingu - 12 000 ngaphansi kwalolu hlelo olusha.
Okulandelayo amagama omongameli base - United States esigabeni esingenhla: UThomas Jefferson (noma uJefferson), uGeorge Washington.