Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kuvakwa kweNew Tavern Fort kwakatangwa nokutyisidzira kwaiitwa nevavengi veUnited Kingdom muHondo yokuzvitonga kweAmerica - United States of America yakanga ichangobva kusikwa pamwe chete nehama dzayo dzokuEurope, France neSpain. Utera hwakakomba muzvidziviriro zvemhenderekedzo yegungwa zveBritain hwakanga hwafumurwa muna 1778 nomushanyi weAmerica John Paul Jones mukurwisa kwake Whitehaven, Cumbria. Mabasa echikwata chake pamhenderekedzo yokumabvazuva yeBritain gore rakatevera racho, pamwe chete nokukundikana kweFrance neSpain
Armada ya1779, yakakurudzira hurumende yeBritain kuti iite ongororo yezvidziviriro zvemahombekombe enyika. Mamiriro ezvinhu ezvidziviriro akawanikwa kuti haana kukwana uye zvirongwa zvakaitwa zvekuvakwa kwemabhatiri matsva makumi matatu, akaiswa mu arc pamwe nekumaodzanyemba nekumabvazuva kwemahombekombe eEngland kubva kuNorfolk kuenda kuCornwall.