 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Hondo shanu dzinosanganisira Hondo yeNew York dzakarwiwa dzakapoteredza miganhu yeguta mukupera kwa1776, dzichitanga neHondo yeLong Island muBrooklyn musi waAugust 27 - hondo huru zvikurusa yehondo yose. Chikamu chimwe muzvina chezvivako zveguta chakaparadzwa muMoto Mukuru musi waSeptember 21, mazuva mashomanene pashure pokunge maBritish asvika paKips Bayuye Hondo yeHarlem Heights - kukunda kwoga kweAmerica muchikamu chino chomushandirapamwe wacho, asi kuita zvakawanda kuvandudza ushingi nokuchengeta uto rakabatana. Zvichitevera moto unofungidzirwa zvikuru, zviremera zveBritain zvakasunga vanhu vakawanda nokuda kwokubvunzurudza, kubatanidza Nathan Hale, uyo akaurayiwa zuva rimwe gare gare nokuda kwemhosva dzisina chokuita dzoujeri. Kukundwa kweManhattan neBritain kwakapedzwa nekuparara kweFort Washington uye kubviswa kweFort Lee kumhenderekedzo yekumadokero kweRwizi rweHudson muNew Jersey musi waNovember 16, 1776, uye kubva ipapo vakabata guta risina kupikiswa kusvika muna 1783. Major General James Robertson, mutungamiriri mukuru weguta racho, akatora dzimba dzevapanduki vakanga vaenda ndokudzigovera kuvakuru vakuru vokuBritain. 