Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Cushing akamiririra Massachusetts muKutanga (panguva iyo yakasaina Continental Association) uye
Second Continental Congress asi akavhotwa kunze apo iye akaramba rusununguko. Pasinei neizvi, akaramba achishanda mune zvematongerwo enyika mushure mekusununguka, achiramba achishanda muhurumende yenyika. Mukati meHondo yeRusununguko, akanga ari mukomishina aiva nebasa rokugovera mauto, chinzvimbo chaakashandisa kupfumisa bhizimisi remhuri rokutengesa. Akasarudzwa kuva mutevedzeri wokutanga gavhuna wenyika muna 1780. Zvematongerwo enyika akabatana nemumwe mutengesi Gavhuna John Hancock, akaramba ari lieutenant gavhuna kusvika parufu rwake muna 1788, achishumira kwenguva pfupi semubati gavhuna muna 1785 pakati pekurega basa kwaHancock uye kusarudzwa kwaJames Bowdoin.