 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Mabasa aWashington kubva pakupera kwa1778 kusvika muna 1780 akanga ari edzimwe nyika uye okuronga, sezvo uto rake rakaramba riri kunze kweNew York, richitarisa uto raSir Henry Clinton rakanga rapinda muguta racho. Washington yakaronga nemaFrench nzira yakanakisisa yekushandira pamwe mukuita zvinopesana nemaBritish, zvichitungamira mukuedza kusingabudirire kwekudzinga maBritish kubva kuNewport, Rhode Islanduye Savannah, Georgia. Kutarisisa kwake kwakakwezvwawo kuhondo yemuganhu, iyo yakakurudzira 1779 Continental Army expedition yaJohn Sullivan kuchamhembe kwenyika yeNew York. Apo Mukuru Mukuru Clinton akatuma mukuru mukuru Benedict Arnold kuti arwise muVirginia, Washington yakavamba kutsaura zvikamu zveuto rake kuti zvitarisane netyisidziro yaikura ikoko. Kusvika kwaLord Cornwallis muVirginia pashure pokurwisa kumaodzanyemba kwakapa Washington mukana wokurova zvine mutsindo. Mauto aWashington nemauto eFrance akaenda kumaodzanyemba kunotarisana naCornwallis, uye mauto eFrance anoshanda pamwe chete pasi paAdmiral de Grasse akabudirira kuvhiringidza kuyedza kweBritain kudzora Chesapeake Bay, achipedzisa kubatwa kwaCornwallis, uyo akazvipa mushure mekukombwa kweYorktown muna Gumiguru 1781. Kunyange zvazvo Yorktown yakaratidza kupera kwehondo huru muNorth America, vaBritain vakanga vachiri kugara muNew York nemamwe maguta, saka Washington yaifanira kuchengetedza uto iri pamberi peCongress yakashaya mari uye mauto ayo dzimwe nguva aipandukira pamusoro pemamiriro uye kubhadhara. Hondo yacho yakaparadzwa zviri pamutemo pashure porugare muna 1783, uye Washington akasiya basa rake somutungamiriri mukuru pana December 23, 1783. 