 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Dhipatimendi reZasi rakagadzwa zviri pamutemo musi waFebruary 27, 1776. Dhipatimendi racho raisanganisira Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, neGeorgia uye miganhu yokumadokero yemakoroni iwayo, kubva paakasikwa nyika dzazvino dzeWest Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, uye Mississippi. Mauto omumunda aiva nechokuita nedhipatimendi iri aizivikanwa seSouthern Army. Dhipatimendi reMaodzanyemba raive rakazvimiririra pamirairo nekuda kwenzvimbo uye kudiwa kwemabasa egore rose. Mazhinji ematunhu ari kuchamhembe kwedhipatimendi iri akamisa mabasa ekurwisa kwechando uye kutanga kwechirimo. Dhipatimendi Rokumaodzanyemba rakanga ririwo roga umo mauto akagoverwa akaparadzwa kaviri. Nguva yokutanga yakanga iri pakuzviisa pasi kweCharleston pana May 12, 1780. Yechipiri yaiva paHondo yeCamdenmusi waAugust 16, 1780. Zvisinei, pasinei nokurasikirwa uku kunotyisa, bazi iri ndiro rakaitirwa Hondo yeYorktown, muna 1781, iyo yakanyatsosarudza mugumisiro wehondo. Zviitiko zvinokosha muDhipatimendi reSouthern pashure peYorktown kwaiva kubviswa kweSavannah neCharleston muna July naDecember 1782. Dhipatimendi Rokuchamhembe rakanga riripo kusvikira pakuguma kwehondo. 