Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Hondo yokuzvimiririra yeAmerica yakatanga musi waApril 19, 1775, nehondo dzeLexington neConcord uye kukombwa kweBoston. Vagari vemo vakakamuraniswa pamusoro pokuparadzana nokutonga kweBritain uye vakakamuraniswa kuva mapoka maviri: Vavezi vemarudzi avo vakaramba kutonga kweBritain, uye Vavimbiki avo vaida kuramba vachizviisa pasi paMambo. Mukuru mukuru Thomas Gage akanga ari mutungamiriri wemauto eBritain muAmerica pakutanga kwehondo. Pakunzwa mashoko anokatyamadza okuvamba kwehondo, Washington "akagumbuka uye akavhunduka", uye akakurumidza kubva muMount Vernon pana May 4, 1775, kuti abatane ne
Second Continental Congress muPhiladelphia.