 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muchirimo cha 1775, Hondo yeAmerican Revolution yakavamba neHondo yeLexington neConcord. Kurwisana kwacho kwakanga kwakamira, neuto reBritain rakakomberedzwa nemasoja echikoloni pakukombwa kweBoston. Muna May 1775, vachiziva nezvekudzivirirwa kwechiedza uye kuvapo kwezvombo zvinorema paBritish Fort Ticonderoga, Benedict Arnold naEthan Allen vakatungamira simba remasoja ekoloni ayo akatora Fort Ticonderogauye Fort Crown Point, uye vakapinda muFort St. Johns, dzose dzacho dzakanga dzisinganyanyi kudzivirirwa panguva iyoyo. Ticonderoga neCrown Point dzakanga dzakadzivirirwa nechiuru chemasoja eConnecticut aitungamirirwa naBenjamin Hinman muna June. 