Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Yaƙin Juyin Juya Halin Amurka ya fara ne a ranar 19 ga Afrilu, 1775, tare da Yaƙe-yaƙe na Lexington da Concord da Siege na Boston. Turawan mulkin mallaka sun rarrabu kan rabu da mulkin Biritaniya kuma sun kasu kashi biyu: 'Yan kishin ƙasa waɗanda suka ƙi mulkin Biritaniya, da Masu Aminci waɗanda ke son ci gaba da biyayya ga Sarki. Janar Thomas Gage shi ne kwamandan sojojin Birtaniya a Amurka a farkon yakin. Da ya ji labari mai ban tsoro game da somawar yaƙi, Washington ya "yi fargaba kuma ya firgita", kuma ya bar Mount Vernon da gaggawa a ranar 4 ga Mayu, 1775, don ya halarci Babban Taro na Biyu na Ƙasar
a birnin Philadelphia.