Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Munguva dzekoloni, Makoloni Gumi Namatatu akashandisa hurongwa hwemauto okuzvidzivirira. Mitemo yemasoja emakoroni - uye pashure pokuwana rusununguko iyo yeUnited States nedzimwe nyika dzakasiyana-siyana - yaida kuti varume vane utano hwakanaka vapinde mumasoja, vapinde zvidzidzo zvishoma zvechiuto, uye vashumire kwenguva pfupi muhondo kana kuti munjodzi. Rudzi urwu rwokutanga rwekumanikidzwa kwaibatanidza kunyorwa kwakasarudzwa kwevarwi nokuda kwebasa mumishandirapamwe chaiyo. Ichitevera iyi gadziriro muzvinhu zvayo zvinokosha, Continental Congress
muna 1778 yakakurudzira kuti nyika dzinyore varume kubva kumapoka avo emasoja kwegore rimwe basa muContinental Army; iyi yekutanga yenyika yekuunganidza yakashandiswa zvisina kurongeka uye yakakundikana kuzadza maContinental.