Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: "North akaendesa zano rose rehondo kuvaranda vake vanokosha Ishe George Germain naEarl weSandwich". Pasinei nokukunda kwakatevedzana uye kubatwa kweNew York nePhiladelphia, vaBritain havana kukwanisa kuwana rukundo runogumisa. Muna 1778, vaFrench vakazvibatanidza vamene nevapanduki veAmerica, uye Spain yakabatanidzwa muhondo muna 1779 semubatanidzwa weFrance, ichiteverwa neRepublic yeNetherlands muna 1780. VaBritain vakazviwana vava kurwa hondo yenyika yose mumakondinendi mana vasina mubatanidzwa mumwe chete. Pashure pa 1778, vaBritain vakachinjisa ngwariro yenhamburiko dzavo kukudzivirira West Indies, sezvo pfuma yavo yeshuga yakavaita vanokosha zvikuru kuGreat Britain kupfuura Makoloni Gumi Nhatu. Muna 1779, Great Britain yakatarisana netarisiro yokurwiswa kukuru kweFrance neSpain, asi
Armada ya1779 pakupedzisira yakakundikana. Nhanho dzakawanda dzorugare dzakakundikana, uye kuedza kwaRichard Cumberland kutaurirana rugare rwakaparadzana neSpain kwakaguma nokugumburwa.