 Kutevera kubuda kweBritain muBoston, Massachusetts, pana March 17, 1776, Washington akatungamirira Continental Army Main Army kuenda kuNew York City. Akasiya boka ravarwi veContinental muBoston, raitungamirirwa naMajor General Artemas Ward, kuitira kana vaBritain vaizodzoka. Muzhizha ra 1776 zvakava pachena kuna Washington kuti nhamburiko huru yeBritain yaizotungamirirwa mukurwisana neNew York City neNew York yokuchamhembe, uye akasvika pakugumisa kuti mapoka eContinental muBoston akanga achidikanwa nokukurumidza zvikuru kune imwe nzvimbo. Naizvozvo akavarayira kuti vasimbise uto rake kana kuti reNorthern Army raiva pasi paMajor General Philip Schuyler. Dhipatimendi reMabvazuva rakava nhandare yechipiri kusvikira Hondo yeRhode Islandmuna 1778. 