Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pakutanga kweHondo yeAmerican Revolutionary War, Benson akabvumidza nzira yeVanakomana veRusununguko uye akasiya, mune imwe nhanho, tarisiro yake yehunyanzvi ipapo yakavhurika yakajeka uye akazvipira kunyika yake: kuedza uku kwakaratidza kukosha kwemurume uyu danho kune vese nyika yake yekuzvarwa uye chikonzero chaakabatsira. Akabatsira Sons of Liberty, avo vaiva muDutchess County uko Benson, sechikamu chebasa rake rokutanga, akapa mirayiridzo yakakodzera kumisangano yezvematongerwe enyika. Apo vaBritain vakagara muNew York City muna 1776, Benson akaramba ari muDutchess County kwemakore anoverengeka. Kubva muna 1777 kusvika muna 1781, Benson akashanda senhengo yeNew York State Assembly uye akagadzira bhiri rimwe nerimwe rinokosha rakapfuura imomo munguva yeRevolution. Akanga ariwo mumiriri mu
Second Continental Congress kubva muna 1780, uye vakadhirowa mabhiri anoronga dhipatimendi rinotungamira reUnited States. Dunhu racho rakamuita purezidhendi wekomiti yavo yokuchengeteka uye muna 1777 rakamutumira kuNew York State Assembly yechimurenga. Apo hurumende yenyika yokutanga yakarongwa, Benson akagadzwa kuva gweta guru rokutanga reNew York uye akashanda kusvikira muna 1788. Akasarudzwa kuDare gore negore kusvikira muna 1781 uye zvakare muna 1788.