 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pana January 24, 1775, Massachusetts Provincial Congress yakaumba boka chairo reMinuteman umo Kaputeni Nathaniel Wade aizova mukuru mukuru uye Lieutenant Hodgkins aizova wechipiri mukutonga. Kubva muna Ndira 1775 kusvika muna Ndira 1776, Hodgkins akashanda muMinuteman Company pasi paWade uye aizoiswa pakuchenjerera kweHondo yeConcord neHondo yeLexington vasati vaendeswa kunotora chikamu muKukombwa kweBoston. Wade naHodgkins noushingi vakatungamirira boka ravo revarwi vaduku paHondo yeBunker Hill uye gare gare vaizowedzera kuNew England Army mushure mekubudirira kweBoston. Muna January 1776, iye nevamwe vake vakawanda vakanyoresazve uye vakaendeswa kuNew York. Aizoona chiito muHondo yeLong Island, Hondo yeHarlem Heights, Hondo yeWhite Plains, kutora chikamu mukubva kuNew York, uye kubetsera muHondo yeTrenton. 