Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Musi waApril 23, 1775, Massachusetts Provincial Congress yakabvumira kuumbwa kweuto remakoloni rine mapoka 26 evarwi. New Hampshire, Rhode Island, uye Connecticut nokukurumidza zvakaunza mauto akafanana asi maduku. Pana June 14, 1775,
Second Continental Congress yakasarudza kupfuurira nokugadzwa kweContinental Army nokuda kwezvinangwa zvekuzvidzivirira, kugamuchira masimba akanga atova panzvimbo kunze kweBoston (mauto 22,000) neNew York (5,000). Yakasimudzawo makambani gumi okutanga emauto eContinental pakunyoresa kwegore rimwe chete, vapfuri vanobva kuPennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware neVirginia kuti vashandiswe sevashandi vaduku, avo vakava 1st Continental Regiment muna 1776. Musi waJune 15, 1775, Congress yakasarudza nechisarudzo chakabvumiranwa George Washington soMutungamiriri Mukuru, uyo akagamuchira ndokubatira muhondo yose pasina muripo upi noupi kunze kwokudzorerwa kwemari dzaishandiswa. Kutsigira Washington semutungamiri mukuru kwaiva nemakuru mana (Artemas Ward, Charles Lee, Philip Schuyler, naIsrael Putnam) uye masere mabhirigedhi (Seth Pomeroy, Richard Montgomery, David Wooster, William Heath, Joseph Spencer, John Thomas, John Sullivan, naNathanael Greene) Sezvo Continental Congress yakawedzera kutora mabasa uye chimiro chemutemo wenyika yakazvimiririra, basa reContinental Army rakava nyaya yekukakavadzana kukuru. Vamwe vokuAmerica vakanga vasingadi kuti varambe vaine uto rinogara riripo; asi kune rumwe rutivi, zvinodikanwa zvehondo yokurwisana neBritain zvaida chirango nesangano remauto azvino uno. Somugumisiro, uto rakapfuura nemumatanho akasiyana-siyana, aizivikanwa nokuparara kwepamutemo uye kugadziriswazve kwezvikamu.