 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure pokuputika kwekutangaHondo yakaitika pedyo neBoston, Cornwallis akaisa zvematongerwe enyika parutivi ndokutsvaka basa rinoshanda. Pasinei nokushora kwake mutemo wamambo wekoloni, Cornwallis akanga achengetedza nyasha dzaMambo George III, uye akakurumidza kusimudzirwa. Musi waSeptember 29, 1775 akasimudzirwa kuva mukuru mukuru. Muna November akazvipira kushumira kuNorth America pane imwe nhume yaidiwa kuenda kumakoroni okumaodzanyemba, kunyange zvazvo nhamba yevakuru vakuru vaiva vakuru kwaari mumutsara waireva kuti akanga asingakwanisi kuwana mutungamiri akazvimirira. Rupo urwu rwakaongwa namambo uye naIshe George Germain, munyori wehurumende nokuda kwamakoloni. Musi waJanuary 1, 1776 akapiwa chinzvimbo chemauto mukuru muNorth America. Mirayiridzo yake yaibva kuna Ishe Germain yakanga iri yokuti aende nekamba yemasoja aibva kuCork, Ireland achienda kuNorth America, kwaaizobatana naGeneral Henry Clinton kuCape Fear, North Carolina, uyo akanga achiunza mauto kubva kuBoston kuti aende kumaodzanyemba kwekoloni. Clinton akasvika paCape Fear kare Earl asati asvika, sezvo zvinhu zvaiita kuti ngarava dzifambe kwenguva refu, uye mamiriro okunze akaipa akazoita kuti ngarava dzifambe zvishoma nezvishoma dzichiyambuka Atlantic. Cornwallis aitarisira kuva noukama hwakanaka naClinton; shamwari yavo vose, William Phillips, yakashuma kuti Cornwallis akanga afara zvikuru kufunga kuti achashumira pasi peshamwari yekare uye munhu waanofunga zvakanaka kwazvo. 