 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Kurwisana kwakatanga musi wa19 April 1775: uto reBritain raiva muBoston rakashungurudzwa nemasoja eMassachusetts kuLexington neConcord pashure pokuparadza matura epfuti eColonial Assembly. Muna June, Second Continental Congress yakasarudza George Washington kuti agadzire Continental Army uye kutarisira kubatwa kweBostonApril 19, 1775 March 17, 1776. VaPatriots vakatumira Chikumbiro cheMuravi womuorivhi chakasainwa musi waJuly 8, 1775 kuna Mambo neParamende, vose vakariramba. Mukupindura, vakapinda muQuebec yeBritain asi vakadzoswa. Muna July 1776, Congress yakabvumirana kuti nyika iwane kuzvitonga kuzere. Tariro dzokugadziriswa nokukurumidza dzakatsigirwa nevatsigiri veAmerica muParamende avo vaishora mutemo wokumanikidza waIshe North mumakoroni. Zvisinei, pashure pokunge vaBritain vadzingwa muBoston mutungamiriri mukuru mutsva weBritain, Mukuru Mukuru Sir William Howe, akatanga kurwisa ndokukunda New York City. Pashure pokuyambuka rwizi rwaDelaware, Washington akarwisa ndokukunda mauto eHessian muHondo yeTrenton uye mauto eBritain muHondo yePrinceton. Mushure mokunge mukuru mukuru weBritain Burgoyne azvipira muhondo yeSaratoga muna Gumiguru 1777, mushandirapamwe waHowe wa17771778 wePhiladelphia wakatora guta iroro. Washington akadzokera kuValley Forge munguva yechando ya17771778 uko akabatana nePrussian General von Steuben akadzidzisa Continental Army yakanga isina kurovedzwa zvikuru kuti ive boka rinorwisana rakarongeka. 