 Hopkins akasarudzwazve somumiriri kuChipiri Continental Congress, iyo yakaungana pana May 10, 1775 pashure pokurwiswa kwaApril paConcord neLexington. Iyi kongiresi yakaungana kuti itarisire nhamburiko yehondo, uye pakupedzisira kuzivisa rusununguko kubva kuGreat Britain. Muna July 1775 gadziriro yenyika yeposvo, yakagadzirwa naWilliam Goddard, yakagamuchirwa, naBenjamin Franklin akagadzwa saMukuru Mukuru wePosvo wokutanga. Iri rakanga riri zano rakanga ratoshandiswa kare muRhode Island mwedzi wapfuura. Muna December 1775 Hopkins akanga ari mukomiti kuti ataure hurongwa hwokugovera makoloni nezvombo zvengarava. Zivo yake yebhizimisi rokutakura ngarava yakamuita kuti ave anokosha zvikuru senhengo yekomiti yezvikepe yakagadzwa neCongress kutenga, kupfeka, murume uye kushanda zvikepe zvokutanga zveContinental Navy itsva. Kupfurikidza nokubatanidzwa kwake mukomiti iyoyo, Hopkins akanga ari mubatsiri mukugadzira mutemo wehondo uye kunyora mitemo nemitemo inodiwa kutonga sangano risati rasvika munguva yeHondo yeAmerica yeRusununguko. Chikwata chokutanga chezvikepe zvomugungwa cheAmerica chakatangwa musi waFebruary 18, 1776. Hopkins akashandisa simba rake kuwana nzvimbo yomukuru mukuru wehondo itsva nokuda kwomunununa wake Esek Hopkins, kugadzwa kwakaratidzika kuva kwakaipa. 