Nenzira yokuronga, mhuri yaWick yaionekwa nevakuru vakuru veContinental Army kuti yaiva imwe yemhuri dzaivimbwa nadzo uye dzaida nyika muAmerica, saka Mauto haana kumbova nedambudziko rokugara ikoko, uyewo mhuri yaWick haina kumbobvira ichida muripo wokushandisa nyika yavo, iyo yainyanya kukosha kuCongress
. Mauto eContinental akanga apedza nguva yechando ikoko muna 1776-77 pashure pokunge George Washington ayambuka Rwizi rweDelaware uye kukunda kweAmerica kwakazotevera paTrenton nePrinceton. Chikamu chimwe muzvina chemauto chakafa nechikosoro kana kuti manyoka. Munguva yechando iyoyo, mhuri yekwaWicks yakagamuchira Kaputeni Joseph Bloomfield.