Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Hondo yokuzvimiririra yeAmerica yakaparira kurwisana kukuru mukati meChechi yeEngland muMakoloni Gumi Namatatu. Vafundisi, avo vakanga vagadzwa muEngland, vakanga vapika mhiko yokuvimbika kuna mambo. Nokukurumidza pashure peDeclaration of Independence, vafundisi vakakumbirwa kusaina "Mhiko Yokuvimbika", iyo hapana nomumwe akanzwa kuti aigona kusaina pasina kuputsa mhiko dzavo dzokugadzwa. Vapristi vapfumbamwe vakasiya ungano dzavo ndokudzokera kuEngland, vatanhatu vakatamira kuVirginia, mumwe kuPennsylvania, mumwe kuDelaware, vashanu vakarega basa kuminda yavo, uye vamwe vaviri kana kuti vatatu vakatanga kudzidzisa. Kutanga naJuly 4, 1776,
Congress nedzimwe nyika dzakanga dzichangobva kuzvimiririra dzakapa mitemo inoita kuti kunamatira mambo neParamende yeBritain zviitwe zvokutengesa nyika. Pakazosvika 1779 nhamba yavakuru vorudzidziso veAnglican munharaunda yacho yakaderera kubva pa 53 kusvika ku 15 bedzi. Kuparadzaniswa nokurwisana zvakamuka pakati pavafundisi zvikurukuru "vakavimbika" uye vaparidzi vechechi zvikurukuru "vanoda nyika yavo".