Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mauto akawedzera kubudirira kwawo uye kubudirira kwawo nokuramba achiedza, kakawanda achifa. Mukuru mukuru Washington nevamwe vakuru vakuru vakatanhamara vaiva vatungamiriri vanokosha mukuchengetedza kubatana, kudzidza uye kuchinjira, uye kuvimbisa chirango mukati memakore masere ehondo. Munguva yechando ya1777<unk>1778, nekuwedzerwa kwaBaron von Steuben, nyanzvi yePrussian, kudzidziswa uye kurangwa kweContinental Army kwakakwidziridzwa zvakanyanya kusvika kune zvazvino zvemazuva ano zveEurope. (Iyi yakanga iri nguva yechando ine mukurumbira wakashata paValley Forge.) Washington nguva dzose yairangarira Hondo sechiito chenguva pfupi uye yakaedza kuchengeta kudzora kwevanhu vehondo, sezvakaita
Continental Congress, kunyange zvazvo pakanga pane kusabvumirana kuduku pamusoro pokuti ikoku kwaifanira kuitwa sei.