Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Apo Hale akanga akavanda, New York City (ipapo nzvimbo iri kumucheto kweManhattan, kunyanya kumaodzanyemba kwezvino Chambers Street) yakawira kumauto eBritain musi waSeptember 15, uye Washington yakamanikidzwa 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 kuti guta rirege kuwira mumaoko eBritain, uye kunyange zvazvo kupisa New York mukati mokudzokera shure kwaWashington kwakanga kwakarongwa chaizvoizvo, Washington neCongress
akanga aramba pfungwa yacho uye akaramba mutoro wacho. 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.