 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Akakwidziridzwa kuva mukuru mukuru muNorth America, akatanga basa rake muna 1776 pasi paGeneral Sir Henry Clinton nokurwiswa kwakakundikana kweCharleston. Iye naClinton vakabva vaenda kuNew York City, kwavakapinda mushandirapamwe waGeneral William Howe weNew York City. Cornwallis aiwanzopiwa basa rinotungamirira munguva iyi yekurwisa; chikamu chake chaitungamirira muHondo yeLong Island, uye akadzingirira George Washington achidzokera kuNew Jersey mushure mokunge guta rapera. Howe akaziva kupera kunobudirira kwebasa racho zvakanyanya kukudzwa kwaIshe wake uye vakuru vakuru uye varwi pasi pake. 