Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Apo Hale akanga akavanda, New York City (ipapo nharaunda iri kumucheto wokumaodzanyemba kweManhattan, zvikurukuru kumaodzanyemba kwezvazvino Chambers Street) yakawira kumauto eBritain pana September 15, uye Washington akamanikidzwa kudzokera kuchamhembe kwechitsuwa muHarlem Heights (zvino Morningside Heights). Nokukurumidza pashure pacho, pana September 21, chikamu chimwe muzvina chechikamu chepasi cheManhattan chakapiswa muGreat New York Fire ya 1776. Moto wacho wakazofungidzirwa zvikuru kuti wakatangwa navavhiringidzi veAmerica kuitira kuti guta rirege kuwira mumaoko eBritain, uye kunyange zvazvo kupisa New York mukati mokudzokera shure kwaWashington kwakanga kwakarongedzerwa chaizvoizvo, Washington nehurumende yeUnited States vakabvumirana kuti vapise New York.
Congress yakanga yaramba pfungwa yacho ndokuramba mutoro. VaAmerica vakapomera varwi veBritain mhosva yokutanga moto pasina mirairo yavakuru vavo kuitira kuti vagone kupamba guta racho. Pashure pomwoto wacho, vanodarika 200 veMubatanidzwa veAmerica vakasungwa neBritain kuti vanobvunzurudzwa.