Ka kammala wannan jumla: Yaƙin neman 'yancin kai na Amurka ya fara ne a ranar 19 ga Afrilu, 1775, tare da Yaƙe-yaƙe na Lexington da Concord da kuma 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 jin labarin tashin hankali na fara yakin, Washington ya kasance "mai nutsuwa da damuwa", kuma ya tashi da sauri daga Mount Vernon a ranar 4 ga Mayu, 1775, don shiga cikin
Majalisa ta biyu a Philadelphia.