Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ranar 23 ga Afrilu, 1775, Majalisar lardin Massachusetts ta ba da izinin tayar da sojojin mulkin mallaka da ke kunshe da rundunonin kamfanoni 26. New Hampshire, Rhode Island, da kuma Connecticut ba da daɗewa ba suka ɗaga irin wannan amma ƙarami. A ranar 14 ga Yuni, 1775, Majalisa ta Ƙasa ta Biyu
ya yanke shawarar ci gaba da kafa rundunar soji na Continental don dalilai na kare kariya, ta hanyar karɓar dakarun da suka riga sun kasance a waje da Boston (sojoji 22,000) da New York (5,000). Har ila yau, ya tayar da kamfanoni goma na farko na dakarun nahiyar a kan shekara guda, 'yan bindigogi daga Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware da Virginia da za a yi amfani da su a matsayin' yan bindiga masu haske, wanda ya zama 1st Continental Regiment a 1776. A ranar 15 ga Yuni, 1775, Majalisa ta zaɓa da kuri'a ɗaya George Washington a matsayin Kwamandan Kwamandan, wanda ya yarda kuma ya yi aiki a duk lokacin yakin ba tare da wani fansa ba sai dai don biyan kuɗi. Goyan bayan Washington a matsayin kwamandan kwamandan sun kasance manyan janar-janar hudu (Artemas Ward, Charles Lee, Philip Schuyler, da kuma Isra'ila Putnam) da kuma brigadier-janar takwas (Seth Pomeroy, Richard Montgomery, David Wooster, William Heath, Joseph Spencer, John Thomas, John Sullivan, da Nathanael Greene) Kamar yadda Majalisar Dinkin Duniya ta ƙara ɗaukar nauyin da matsayi na majalisa ga wata ƙasa mai cin gashin kanta, rawar da Sojojin Nahiyar ta zama batun tattaunawa mai yawa. Wasu Amurkawa suna da ƙiyayya gaba ɗaya don kiyaye rundunar soja; amma a gefe guda, bukatun yaƙin da Birtaniyya ke buƙata da horo da ƙungiyar sojoji na zamani. A sakamakon haka, sojojin sun shiga cikin matakai daban-daban, wanda aka nuna ta hanyar rushewar hukuma da sake fasalin raka'a.