Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1774 akanzi mumiriri kuFirst Continental Congress. Nepo akatsigira chibvumirano chokusatenga zvinhu kunze kwenyika nechikumbiro chokutanga kuna Mambo, akanga achitsigira kuyanana. Akadzorerwa kuCongress yeChipiri
muna 1775, asi sezvo kusawirirana neGreat Britain kwakava kwakasimba zvikuru, Congress yakatanga kutora nzira yakaoma zvikuru. Pakupedzisira, pana November 13, 1775, akanyora kurega kwake basa kuNew Jersey General Assembly, uye vakagamuchira musi waNovember 22.