Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kubva pana December 19, 1777 kusvika pana June 19, 1778, uto guru reContinental Army (varwi vanenge 12 000) rakanga rakadzika musasa paValley Forge. Nzvimbo yacho yakasarudzwa nemhaka yokuti yaiva pakati penzvimbo yeDare Rinodzora reUnited States.
Second Continental Congress muYork, matura ezvokudya muReading, uye mauto eBritain muPhiladelphia kure, iyo yakawa pashure peHondo yeBrandywine, umo varwi vakawanda vokuAmerica vakakuvadzwa, kubatanidza Marquis de Lafayette Iyi yakanga iri nguva yokutambura kukuru nokuda kweuto, asi yakanga iriwo nguva yokudzidzisazve nokuvandudza. Matambudziko akagoverwa nevakuru vemauto nemasoja ehondo, akasanganiswa nehurongwa hwekudzidzira basa remauto hwaBaron Friedrich von Steuben, anoonekwa seakakosha pakubudirira kwakazotevera kweContinental Army uye anoratidza shanduko muhondo yeRevolutionary.