Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Hondo yeContinental yakasikwa musi wa 14 June 1775 ne
Second Continental Congress seboka rakabatana rehondo nokuda kwamakoloni kurwisa Great Britain, naGeorge Washington akagadzwa somutungamiriri waro. Pakutanga uto racho raitungamirirwa nevarume vakanga vamboshanda muuto reBritain kana kuti mumapoka evapanduki vemakoloni uye vakanga vauya nezvakawanda zvaiva nhaka yeuto reBritain. Sezvo Hondo yeRevolution yakafambira mberi, rubatsiro rweFrance, zviwanikwa uye kufunga kwemauto zvakabatsira kuumba uto idzva. Varwi vanoverengeka vokuEurope vakauya nokuzvidira kuzobetsera, vakadai saFriedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, uyo akadzidzisa Mauto ePrussian nzira dzokurwa nadzo namano okuronga.