 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Bowdoin sezita somumiriri kuFirst Continental Congress muna 1774 asi haana kupinda, achidudza utano husina kunaka hwomukadzi wake. Utano husina kunaka, zvichida hwakakonzerwa netibhii, panguva iyoyo hwakamutapurawo. Bowdoin akanga achirwara zvakare muna 1775 apo Hondo yeAmerican Revolution yakatanga, uye mhuri yakatamiswa kubva kuBoston yakatorwa neBritain iyo yakanga yakakomberedzwanokutanga kuDorchester, uye pakupedzisira kuMiddleborough, kwaakagara kusvikira muna 1778. Imba huru yaBowdoin muBeacon Street yaigarwa naGeneral John Burgoyne. Pasinei nokupora kwake akaramba achiziviswa nezvezviitiko zvaiitika muBoston nemunharaunda dzakapoteredza, uye akasarudzwa kuva purezidhendi wedare rinotungamirira reMassachusetts Provincial Congress. Iyi nzvimbo, iyo akabata kusvikira muna 1777, yakamuita de facto mukuru wehurumende yeMassachusetts. Achitaura nezvoutano hwake hwakanga husina kunaka, akasiya basa racho ndokurega kuonekwa nevanhu. Akaramba achinyorerana nevamwe vapanduki, uye aifarikanya chivimbo chavo, kunyange zvazvo kusavapo kwake mukuedza kwehondo kwaizotungamirira kuzvinetso zvematongerwe enyika gare gare. Akatanga kudzokera kuupenyu hwevanhu vose muna 1778, uye apo Massachusetts yakanyora bumbiro rayo pachayo muna 1779, akanga ari purezidhendi wekokorodzano yakadanwa kuumba, uye sachigaro wekomiti yakanyora. John Adams,wo nhengo yekomiti, anowanzonzi ndiye munyori mukuru webumbiro idzva, kunyange zvazvo Bowdoin naSamuel Adams sezviri pachena vakaita mipiro mikuru. 